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This act shall be known as the Government Code.
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The provisions of this code in so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provi…
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All persons who at the time this code takes effect, hold office under any of the acts repealed by th…
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No action or proceeding commenced before this code takes effect, and no right accrued, is affected b…
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Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, these general provisions, rules of construct…
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Title, division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do not in any manner affect the scope,…
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Whenever a power is granted to, or a duty is imposed upon, a public officer, the power may be exerci…
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Whenever, by any law, the director of any state department is made a member of a state board, commis…
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(a) If by law, any officer whose office is created by the California Constitution is made a member o…
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The provisions of Sections 7.5 and 7.6 do not affect or modify in any manner the provisions of Secti…
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Notwithstanding anything in this code to the contrary, the Directors of Finance, General Services, a…
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(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Controller, the Treasurer, the Directo…
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Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whe…
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Whenever reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law of this State, the refere…
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“Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned. “Subdivi…
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The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future, the present.
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The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
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“Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code.
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The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the terms “man” or “men” where appropriate shall be …
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The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.
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“Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.
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“Oath” includes affirmation.
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“Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer…
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(a) In any written communication with a public entity, as defined in Section 811.2, in which a signa…
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“Person” includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability compan…
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“State” means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. I…
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“County” includes city and county.
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“City” includes “city and county” and “incorporated town,” but does not include “unincorporated town…
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“Town” includes “unincorporated town” and “village.”
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“Process” includes a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings of either a civil …
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If any provision of this code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held inv…
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The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the term “workmen’s compensation” shall hereafter al…
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(a) For purposes of this code, “assessed value” means 25 percent of full value to, and including, th…
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For the purposes of this code, “recycled water” or “reclaimed water” has the same meaning as recycle…
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(a) The sovereignty of the state resides in the people thereof, and all writs and processes shall is…
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The sovereignty and jurisdiction of this State extends to all places within its boundaries as establ…
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The jurisdiction of the State over certain lands designated in the following statutes is subject to …
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The State has accepted the retrocession of jurisdiction over certain lands by the following statutes…
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The Legislature, acting through the State Lands Commission, hereby consents to the retrocession of j…
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All jurisdiction ceded to the United States by this article is limited by the terms of any retrocess…
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The State consents to the use by the United States of the territorial waters of the State adjacent t…
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Exclusive jurisdiction shall be and the same is hereby ceded to the United States over and within al…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special, the Legislature of California, a…
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In addition to other records maintained by the State Lands Commission, the commission shall prepare …
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The line run and marked by the United States Government under the Act of June 10, 1872, 17 Stat. 358…
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To give greater precision to the boundary of the State of California as defined in Article XXI of th…
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All waters between the mainland and the outermost of the islands, reefs and rocks along and adjacent…
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The reference in Section 1 of Article XV of the Constitution to “the navigable waters of this State,…
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The interstate compact executed between the States of Arizona and California, as set forth in Sectio…
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The provisions of the interstate compact between the States of Arizona and California referred to in…
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The Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact as set forth in Section 178 executed between the S…
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The provisions of the Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact between the State of California …
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In addition to any other authority conferred upon him, the Governor is authorized and may execute fo…
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(a) It is the intent of the State of California to continue its long history of sharing emergency re…
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The provisions of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact between the State of California and ot…
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(a) Notwithstanding Article 6 of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, as set forth in Sectio…
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Notwithstanding the provisions of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, as set forth in Secti…
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This article shall become inoperative on March 1, 2038, and, as of January 1, 2039, is repealed.
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As used herein, “property” includes real and personal property.
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The original and ultimate right to all property within the limits of the State is in the people ther…
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All property within the limits of the State, which does not belong to any person, belongs to the peo…
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The State may acquire property by taxation in the modes authorized by law.
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The Governor may execute and deliver to the United States all necessary deeds or other conveyances o…
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(a) As used in succeeding subdivisions of this section “public domain” refers to such portion of the…
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The State has the rights prescribed in this article over persons within its limits, to be exercised …
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The State may punish for crime.
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The state may imprison or confine for the protection of the public peace or health or of individual …
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The State may require services of persons, with or without compensation: In military duty; in jury d…
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Any entity that was previously scheduled for the third release of BreEZe shall participate in busine…
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The people, as a political body, consist of: (a) Citizens who are electors. (b) Citizens not elector…
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The citizens of the state are: (a) All persons born in the state and residing within it, except the …
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Persons in the state who are not its citizens are either: (a) Citizens of other states; or (b) Perso…
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Every person has, in law, a residence.
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In determining the place of residence the following rules shall be observed: (a) It is the place whe…
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Absence from this state, on business of the state or of the United States, shall not affect the ques…
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Every person while within the State is subject to its jurisdiction and entitled to its protection.
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Allegiance is the obligation of fidelity and obedience which every citizen owes to the State.
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Allegiance may be renounced by a change of residence.
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A citizen of the United States who is not a citizen of the State, has the same rights and duties as …
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An elector has no rights or duties beyond those of a citizen not an elector, except the right and du…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public officer who is a minor shall have the rights an…
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(a) There shall be a seal of this state, which shall be called “the Great Seal of the State of Calif…
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The design of the Great Seal of the State shall correspond substantially with the following represen…
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Any document signed prior to August 27, 1937, by the Governor, the Secretary of State, or both of th…
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(a) Every person who maliciously or for commercial purposes uses or allows to be used any reproducti…
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(a) In addition to the acts prohibited by Section 402, a person who uses or allows to be used any re…
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All grants and commissions shall be kept in the name and by the authority of the people of the State…
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(a) No person shall represent, either directly or indirectly, that the State of California is sponso…
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When the Great Seal of the state is prepared in color, the following colors shall be used: The field…
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The Bear Flag is the State Flag of California. As viewed with the hoist end of the flag to the left …
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“Eureka” is the official State Motto.
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“The Golden State” is the official State Nickname.
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The golden poppy (Eschscholzia californica) is the official State Flower. April 6 of each year is he…
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(a) West Coast Swing Dance is the official state dance. (b) The Square Dance is the official state f…
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“I Love You, California,” a song published in 1913 with lyrics by F. B. Silverwood and music by A. F…
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The California redwood (Sequoia sempervirens, Sequoia gigantea) is the official state tree.
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The almond (Prunus dulcis, Prunus amygdalus), walnut, pistachio, and pecan are each the official sta…
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(a) The California desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is the official state reptile. (b) The Pacif…
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The giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas) is the official state snake.
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The California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) is the official state amphibian.
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The California valley quail (Lophortyx californica) is the official bird and avifaunal emblem of the…
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“The Californian” is the official state tall ship.
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Denim is the official state fabric.
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The official colors of the State are blue and gold. The specifications, references, and designations…
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(a) The tartan defined in subdivision (b) is the official State Tartan, and may be claimed by any re…
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The California dog-face butterfly (Zerene eurydice) is the official State Insect.
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Lace lichen (Ramalina menziesii) is the official state lichen.
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Surfing is the official state sport.
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The state animal is the California Grizzly Bear (Ursus Californicus) as depicted in outline, details…
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Native gold is the official State Mineral and mineralogic emblem.
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Serpentine is the official State Rock and lithologic emblem.
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Benitoite is the official state gemstone.
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The California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) is the official State Marine Mammal.
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The garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) is the official state marine fish.
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(a) The Augustynolophus morrisi is the official state dinosaur. (b) The saber-toothed cat (Smilodon …
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The Chipped Stone Bear (bear-shaped eccentric) is the official state prehistoric artifact.
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that San Joaquin Soil is the official soil of California. It …
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Purple needlegrass, or Nassella pulchra, is the official State Grass.
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California Golden Chanterelle (Cantharellus californicus) is the official state mushroom.
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The pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus) is the official state bat.
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The banana slug (Ariolimax) is the official state slug.
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The shell of the black abalone (Haliotis cracherodii) is the official state seashell.
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The Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) is the official state crustacean.
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Bigberry manzanita (Arctostaphylos glauca) is the official state shrub.
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The general design and the details of the Seal of the Governor of the State of California, excluding…
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When the seal of the Governor is prepared in colors, the Bear Flag shall be shown in colors as set f…
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The general design and details of the flag of the Governor of the State of California, excluding col…
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When the flag of the Governor is prepared in colors, the following colors shall be used: The field o…
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The LGBTQ Veterans Memorial at the Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City is the official state LGBT…
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The California Historical Society is the official state historical society.
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The California State Military Museum and Resource Center is the official state military museum.
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Bodie is the official state gold rush ghost town.
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Calico is the official state silver rush ghost town.
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The California Vietnam Veterans Memorial is the official state Vietnam veterans war memorial.
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The Flag of the United States and the Flag of the State of California (the Bear Flag) shall be promi…
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The Flag of the United States and the Flag of the State shall be prominently displayed during busine…
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The Flag of the United States and the Flag of the State shall be prominently displayed during any an…
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The National and State Flags shall be carried at the head of any procession or parade of: (a) The Na…
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Where the installation or display of the Flag of the United States and the Flag of the State in a pl…
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(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meaning: (1) “Legal right” means…
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(a) On and after January 1, 2017, any Flag of the United States or the Flag of the State of Californ…
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Where a city or county has adopted an official flag, it is unlawful for any other city or county to …
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Where the National and State Flags are used, they shall be of the same size. If only one flagpole is…
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The superior court having jurisdiction of the offense shall enforce this chapter on the complaint of…
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All United States Flags now in the possession of state, county, city, and district agencies, or here…
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The Adjutant General shall, by regulation, prescribe rules regarding the times, places, and manner i…
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The general design and details of the Seal of the Senate of the State of California, excluding color…
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When the Seal of the Senate is prepared in color, the following colors shall be used: The outer circ…
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The use of the Seal of the Senate shall be as prescribed by the Rules of the Senate. Every person wh…
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The general design and details of the Seal of the Assembly of the State of California, excluding col…
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When the Seal of the Assembly is prepared in color, the following colors shall be used: The outer ci…
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The use of the Seal of the Assembly shall be as prescribed by the Rules of the Assembly. Every perso…
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The permanent seat of government of the state is at the City of Sacramento, but the Governor shall d…
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The state is divided into counties. The names, boundaries, and territorial subdivisions thereof are …
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The legal distances in the State are fixed in this chapter.
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When mileage is allowed by law to any person, the distance shall be computed as fixed in this chapte…
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From the county seat of Alameda County to Sacramento it is eighty-four (84) miles.
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From the county seat of Alpine County to Sacramento it is two hundred and twenty-five (225) miles.
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From the county seat of Amador County to Sacramento it is fifty-nine (59) miles.
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From the county seat of Butte County to Sacramento it is eighty-six (86) miles.
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From the county seat of Calaveras County to Sacramento it is seventy-three (73) miles.
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From the county seat of Colusa County to Sacramento it is seventy-seven (77) miles.
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From the county seat of Contra Costa County to Sacramento it is sixty-two (62) miles.
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From the county seat of Del Norte County to Sacramento it is three hundred and sixty-four (364) mile…
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From the county seat of El Dorado County to Sacramento it is sixty (60) miles.
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From the county seat of Fresno County to Sacramento it is one hundred and sixty-nine (169) miles.
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From the county seat of Glenn County to Sacramento it is eighty-eight (88) miles.
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From the county seat of Humboldt County to Sacramento it is three hundred and twelve (312) miles.
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From the county seat of Imperial County to Sacramento it is six hundred sixty-one (661) miles.
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From the county seat of Inyo County to Sacramento it is four hundred and sixty-six (466) miles.
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From the county seat of Kern County to Sacramento it is two hundred and seventy-eight (278) miles.
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From the county seat of Kings County to Sacramento it is two hundred and fourteen (214) miles.
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From the county seat of Lake County to Sacramento it is one hundred and sixty (160) miles.
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From the county seat of Lassen County to Sacramento it is two hundred and sixty (260) miles.
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From the county seat of Los Angeles County to Sacramento it is four hundred and forty-seven (447) mi…
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From the county seat of Madera County to Sacramento it is one hundred and forty-seven (147) miles.
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From the county seat of Marin County to Sacramento it is one hundred and five (105) miles.
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From the county seat of Mariposa County to Sacramento it is one hundred and eighty (180) miles.
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From the county seat of Mendocino County to Sacramento it is one hundred and fifty (150) miles.
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From the county seat of Merced County to Sacramento it is one hundred and fourteen (114) miles.
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From the county seat of Modoc County to Sacramento it is three hundred and twenty-four (324) miles.
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From the county seat of Mono County to Sacramento it is two hundred and ninety-six (296) miles.
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From the county seat of Monterey County to Sacramento it is two hundred and eight (208) miles.
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From the county seat of Napa County to Sacramento it is sixty-one (61) miles.
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From the county seat of Nevada County to Sacramento it is seventy-seven (77) miles.
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From the county seat of Orange County to Sacramento it is four hundred and eighty-one (481) miles.
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From the county seat of Placer County to Sacramento it is thirty-seven (37) miles.
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From the county seat of Plumas County to Sacramento it is one hundred and thirty-six (136) miles.
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From the county seat of Riverside County to Sacramento it is five hundred and twelve (512) miles.
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From the county seat of Sacramento to the State Capitol it is one (1) mile.
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From the county seat of San Benito County to Sacramento it is one hundred and seventy-three (173) mi…
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From the county seat of San Bernardino County to Sacramento it is five hundred and eight (508) miles…
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From the county seat of San Diego County to Sacramento it is five hundred and seventy-three (573) mi…
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From the City of San Francisco to Sacramento it is ninety (90) miles.
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From the county seat of San Joaquin County to Sacramento it is forty-eight (48) miles.
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From the county seat of San Luis Obispo County to Sacramento it is three hundred and forty-three (34…
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From the county seat of San Mateo County to Sacramento it is one hundred and nineteen (119) miles.
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From the county seat of Santa Barbara County to Sacramento it is four hundred and sixty (460) miles.
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From the county seat of Santa Clara County to Sacramento it is one hundred and twenty-eight (128) mi…
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From the county seat of Santa Cruz County to Sacramento it is one hundred and ninety-eight (198) mil…
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From the county seat of Shasta County to Sacramento it is one hundred and seventy-one (171) miles.
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From the county seat of Sierra County to Sacramento it is one hundred and nineteen (119) miles.
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From the county seat of Siskiyou County to Sacramento it is two hundred and ninety-five (295) miles.
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From the county seat of Solano County to Sacramento it is forty (40) miles.
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From the county seat of Sonoma County to Sacramento it is ninety (90) miles.
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From the county seat of Stanislaus County to Sacramento it is seventy-seven (77) miles.
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From the county seat of Sutter County to Sacramento it is fifty-eight (58) miles.
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From the county seat of Tehama County to Sacramento it is one hundred and thirty-five (135) miles.
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From the county seat of Trinity County to Sacramento it is two hundred and seventeen (217) miles.
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From the county seat of Tulare County to Sacramento it is two hundred and six (206) miles.
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From the county seat of Tuolumne County to Sacramento it is one hundred and twenty-five (125) miles.
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From the county seat of Ventura County to Sacramento it is four hundred and ninety (490) miles.
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From the county seat of Yolo County to Sacramento it is twenty-three (23) miles.
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From the county seat of Yuba County to Sacramento it is fifty-two (52) miles.
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(a) In any civil action to appeal or review the award, finding, or other determination of any admini…
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(a) Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this part gover…
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“Employee” includes an officer, judicial officer as defined in Section 327 of the Elections Code, em…
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“Employment” includes office or employment.
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“Enactment” means a constitutional provision, statute, charter provision, ordinance or regulation.
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“Injury” means death, injury to a person, damage to or loss of property, or any other injury that a …
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“Law” includes not only enactments but also the decisional law applicable within this State as deter…
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“Public entity” includes the state, the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the…
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“Public employee” means an employee of a public entity.
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“Regulation” means a rule, regulation, order or standard, having the force of law, adopted by an emp…
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“Statute” means an act adopted by the Legislature of this State or by the Congress of the United Sta…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, judges, subordinate judicial officers, and court exe…
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Nothing in this part affects liability based on contract or the right to obtain relief other than mo…
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Nothing in this part shall be construed to impliedly repeal any provision of Division 4 (commencing …
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Except as otherwise provided by statute: (a) A public entity is not liable for an injury, whether su…
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(a) A public entity is liable for injury proximately caused by an act or omission of an employee of …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, unless the elected official and the public ent…
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A public entity is liable for injury proximately caused by a tortious act or omission of an independ…
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Where a public entity is under a mandatory duty imposed by an enactment that is designed to protect …
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A public entity is not liable for injury arising out of any activity conducted by a member of the Ca…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public entity is not liable for damages awarded under …
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A public entity is not liable for an injury caused by adopting or failing to adopt an enactment or b…
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A public entity is not liable for an injury caused by the issuance, denial, suspension or revocation…
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The Department of Motor Vehicles is liable for any injury to a lienholder or good faith purchaser of…
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A public entity is not liable for injury caused by its failure to make an inspection, or by reason o…
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No board, commission, or any public officer or employee of the state or of any district, county, cit…
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A public entity is not liable for an injury caused by misrepresentation by an employee of the public…
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A court or county, its employees, independent contractors, and volunteers shall not be liable becaus…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute (including Section 820.2), a public employee is liable f…
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Except as otherwise provided by statute, a public employee is not liable for an injury resulting fro…
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A public employee is not liable for his act or omission, exercising due care, in the execution or en…
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If a public employee acts in good faith, without malice, and under the apparent authority of an enac…
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Except as otherwise provided by statute, a public employee is not liable for an injury caused by the…
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Members of city councils, mayors, members of boards of supervisors, members of school boards, member…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the civil immunity of juvenile court social work…
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(a) For purposes of Section 820.2, the decision of a peace officer, as defined in Sections 830.1 and…
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A public employee is not liable for an injury caused by his adoption of or failure to adopt an enact…
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A public employee is not liable for an injury caused by his issuance, denial, suspension or revocati…
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A public employee is not liable for injury caused by his failure to make an inspection, or by reason…
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A public entity or a public employee acting within the scope of his employment is not liable for fai…
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A public employee is not liable for injury caused by his instituting or prosecuting any judicial or …
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A public employee is not liable for an injury arising out of his entry upon any property where such …
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A public employee is not liable for money stolen from his official custody. Nothing in this section …
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A public employee acting in the scope of his employment is not liable for an injury caused by his mi…
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Neither the widow, widower, nor the heirs of a peace officer, as defined in Sections 830.1, 830.2, a…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, if an employee or former employee of a public enti…
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(a) Subject to subdivision (b), if an employee or former employee of a public entity pays any claim …
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Except as provided in Section 825.6, if a public entity pays any claim or judgment against itself or…
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(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), if a public entity pays any claim or judgment, or any…
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A provider of health care, as defined in Section 56.05 of the Civil Code, its officers, employees, a…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Dangerous condition” means a condition of property that creates a subs…
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For purposes of this chapter, seismic safety improvements or fire sprinkler improvements which are o…
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A condition is not a dangerous condition within the meaning of this chapter if the trial or appellat…
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A condition is not a dangerous condition within the meaning of this chapter merely because of the fa…
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(a) Except where the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur is applicable, the happening of the accident whic…
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Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable under this chapter for an injury caused by t…
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Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable under this chapter for an injury caused by t…
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Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for an injury caused by the operation or non…
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(a) The Legislature declares that innovative public access programs, such as agreements with public …
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Neither the State nor an employee of the State is liable under this chapter for any injury caused by…
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(a) Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable to any person who participates in a haza…
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(a) A public entity that owns or operates a dog park shall not be held liable for injury or death of…
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(a) Subject to subdivisions (d) and (e), neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable und…
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(a) Public beaches shall be deemed to be in a natural condition and unimproved notwithstanding the p…
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(a) Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for any damage or injury to property, or…
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(a) A public entity is not liable under subdivision (a) of Section 835 for injury caused by a condit…
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Except as provided in this article, a public employee is not liable for injury caused by a condition…
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(a) A public employee is not liable under subdivision (a) of Section 840.2 for injury caused by a da…
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As used in this chapter, “prisoner” includes an inmate of a prison, jail, or penal or correctional f…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, except as provided in this section and in Sect…
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Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for failure to establish a police department…
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Neither a public entity nor a public employee acting within the scope of his employment is liable fo…
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Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for injury proximately caused by the failure…
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Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for: (a) Any injury resulting from determini…
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Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for injury caused by the failure to make an …
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Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for failure to establish a fire department o…
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Neither a public entity that has undertaken to provide fire protection service, nor an employee of s…
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Neither a public entity, nor a public employee acting in the scope of his employment, is liable for …
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(a) Whenever a public entity provides fire protection or firefighting service outside of the area re…
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Any member of an organized fire department, fire protection district, or other firefighting unit of …
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A local public entity or public employee of a local public entity shall not be liable for any damage…
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The immunity provided by this chapter is in addition to any other immunity provided to a local publi…
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The following definitions shall apply to this chapter: (a) “Unmanned aircraft” means an aircraft tha…
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “medical facility” includes a hospit…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure continuity of care for individuals with developmen…
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As used in this chapter, “mental institution” means a state hospital for the care and treatment of p…
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As used in this chapter, “county psychiatric hospital” means the hospital, ward, or facility provide…
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As used in this chapter, “mental illness or addiction” means any condition for which a person may be…
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As used in this chapter, “confine” includes admit, commit, place, detain, or hold in custody.
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, except as provided in this section and in Sect…
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(a) A public entity that operates or maintains any medical facility that is subject to regulation by…
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Neither a public entity nor a public employee acting within the scope of his employment is liable fo…
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(a) Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for an injury resulting from the decisio…
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Except for an examination or diagnosis for the purpose of treatment, neither a public entity nor a p…
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(a) Neither a public entity nor a public employee acting within the scope of his employment is liabl…
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(a) Neither a public entity nor a public employee acting within the scope of his employment is liabl…
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(a) Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for: (1) An injury caused by an escaping…
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Except as provided in Section 815.6, neither a public entity nor a public employee acting in the sco…
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(a) A public entity, public employee, or volunteer, participating in the National Influenza Program …
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As used in this chapter, “tax” includes a tax, assessment, fee or charge.
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Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for an injury caused by: (a) Instituting any…
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Nothing in this chapter affects any law relating to refund, rebate, exemption, cancellation, amendme…
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(a) As used in this section, “pesticide” means: (1) An “economic poison” as defined in Section 12753…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) The gradual movement of land, such as in prehist…
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(a) Subject to the provisions of subdivisions (b) and (c), in the event of public necessity and to a…
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An employee of a local public entity is not liable for damages for injury to persons or property res…
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As used in this chapter “agreement” means a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to Chapter …
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Whenever any public entities enter into an agreement, they are jointly and severally liable upon any…
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As part of any agreement, the public entities may provide for contribution or indemnification by any…
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Unless the public entities that are parties to an agreement otherwise provide in the agreement, if a…
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Except for Section 895.6, this chapter applies to any agreement between public entities, whether ent…
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Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article govern…
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“Board” means: (a) In the case of a local public entity, the governing body of the local public enti…
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A “judicial branch entity” is a public entity and means any superior court, court of appeals, the Su…
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“Local public entity” includes a county, city, district, public authority, public agency, and any ot…
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“State” means the State and any office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, commission or …
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For the purpose of computing the time limits prescribed by Sections 911.2, 911.4, 945.6, and 946.6, …
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There shall be presented in accordance with Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 900) and Chapter 2 (c…
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No claim is required to be filed to maintain an action against a public entity for taking of, or dam…
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(a) This section shall apply to claims against the state filed with the Department of General Servic…
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Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no claim shall be submitted by a local agency or scho…
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Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 900) and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 910) of this part sha…
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A school district, its officers, directors, or employees shall have no civil liability in any civil …
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This part does not apply to claims against the Regents of the University of California.
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All claims against a judicial branch entity for money or damages based upon an express contract or f…
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Nothing in this part imposes liability upon a public entity unless such liability otherwise exists.
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All claims against the California State University for money or damages based upon an express contra…
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(a) As used in this section, “amount allowed on the claim” means the amount allowed by the Departmen…
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A local public entity, as defined in Section 900.4, may offset any delinquent amount due it for serv…
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A claim shall be presented by the claimant or by a person acting on his or her behalf and shall show…
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The claim shall be signed by the claimant or by some person on his behalf. Claims against local publ…
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The board shall provide forms specifying the information to be contained in claims against the state…
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(a) A claim may be amended at any time before the expiration of the period designated in Section 911…
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If, in the opinion of the board or the person designated by it, a claim as presented fails to comply…
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Any defense as to the sufficiency of the claim based upon a defect or omission in the claim as prese…
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(a) A claim relating to a cause of action for death or for injury to person or to personal property …
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(a) When a claim that is required by Section 911.2 to be presented not later than six months after a…
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(a) When a claim that is required by Section 911.2 to be presented not later than six months after t…
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(a) The board shall grant or deny the application within 45 days after it is presented to the board.…
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(a) Written notice of the board’s action upon the application shall be given in the manner prescribe…
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If an application for leave to present a claim is granted by the board pursuant to Section 911.6, th…
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(a) The board shall act on a claim in the manner provided in Section 912.6, 912.7, or 912.8 within 4…
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(a) The Trustees of the California State University shall act on a claim against the California Stat…
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(a) In the case of a claim against a local public entity, the board may act on a claim in one of the…
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The Judicial Council shall act on a claim against a judicial branch entity or judge of one of those …
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Except as provided in Section 912.7, in the case of claims against the state, the board shall act on…
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(a) Written notice of the action taken under Section 912.5, 912.6, 912.7, or 912.8 or the inaction t…
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The board may, in its discretion, within the time prescribed by Section 945.6 for commencing an acti…
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(a) A claim, any amendment thereto, or an application to the public entity for leave to present a la…
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(a) If a claim, amendment to a claim, or application to a public entity for leave to present a late …
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(a) The notices provided for in Sections 910.8, 911.8, and 913 shall be given by any of the followin…
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As used in this chapter, “omnibus claim appropriation” means an act of appropriation, or an item of …
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Promptly following the effective date of an omnibus claim appropriation, the board or its secretary …
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If the Controller believes or has reason to believe that the payment of any portion of the omnibus c…
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Unless the Joint Legislative Budget Committee within 60 days after receipt of such notice advises th…
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If the Joint Legislative Budget Committee advises the board that the Legislature desires to reconsid…
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As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of General Services.
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Claims for expenses of either house of the Legislature or members or committees thereof are exempt f…
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Any person having a claim against the state for which appropriations have been made, or for which st…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (e), the Controller shall not draw their wa…
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If the Controller approves a claim he shall draw his warrant for the amount approved in favor of the…
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If he or she disapproves a claim, the Controller shall file it and a statement of his or her disappr…
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The Controller shall not entertain for a second time a claim against the state once rejected by him …
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Any person who is aggrieved by the disapproval of a claim by the Controller may appeal to the depart…
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After final rejection of a claim by the Controller following reconsideration, any person interested …
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Whenever a governmental agency of the United States, in the collection of taxes or amounts owing to …
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Any public entity as defined by Section 811.2 having a liquidated claim against any other public ent…
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(a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Prompt Payment Act. (b) It is the…
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(a) (1) A state agency that acquires property or services pursuant to a contract with a business, in…
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The following definitions apply to this chapter: (a) “Claim” means payment requests prepared and sub…
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(a) Except where payment is made directly by a state agency pursuant to Section 927.6, an undisputed…
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, to avoid late payment penalties, the maximum time from…
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This chapter shall not apply to claims for reimbursement for health care services provided under the…
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(a) State agencies shall pay applicable penalties, without requiring that the claimant submit an add…
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(a) The Controller shall pay claimants within 15 calendar days of receipt of a correct claim from th…
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State agencies shall avoid seeking any additional appropriation to pay penalties that accrue as a re…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), on an annual basis, within 90 calendar days following the…
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State agencies shall encourage claimants to promptly pay their subcontractors and suppliers, especia…
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(a) Except in the case of a contract with a resource conservation district, a certified small busine…
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Section 926.10 shall not apply to any contract covered by this chapter.
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(a) Unless otherwise provided for by statute, any state agency that fails to submit a correct claim …
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(a) Any state agency may include in any written agreement to which the agency is a party, provisions…
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The governing body of a local public entity may include in any written agreement to which the entity…
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A claims procedure established by agreement made pursuant to Section 930 or Section 930.2 exclusivel…
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A claims procedure established by agreement made pursuant to Section 930 or Section 930.2 may includ…
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(a) Claims against a local public entity for money or damages which are excepted by Section 905 from…
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A charter provision, or a local public entity by ordinance or resolution, may establish a claims boa…
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A charter provision, or a local public entity by ordinance or resolution, may authorize an employee …
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(a) The Department of General Services may authorize any state agency to settle and pay claims filed…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 935.6, the Department of Transportation may deny or adjust and pay any c…
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The Judicial Council may adjust and pay any claim arising out of the activities of a judicial branch…
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The Trustees of the California State University may adjust and pay any claim arising out of the acti…
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Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article govern…
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“Board” means: (a) In the case of a local public entity, the governing body of the local public enti…
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A “judicial branch entity” is a public entity and means any superior court, court of appeals, the Su…
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“Local public entity” includes a county, city, district, public authority, public agency, and any ot…
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“State” means the State and any office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, commission or …
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Nothing in this division shall be construed to deprive a claimant of the right to resort to writ of …
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This part does not apply to claims or actions against the Regents of the University of California no…
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Nothing in this part imposes liability upon a public entity unless such liability otherwise exists.
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A public entity may sue and be sued.
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Except as otherwise provided by law, the rules of practice in civil actions apply to actions brought…
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No person charged by indictment, information, complaint, or other accusatory pleading charging a cri…
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Except as provided in Sections 946.4 and 946.6, no suit for money or damages may be brought against …
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(a) Except as provided in Sections 946.4 and 946.6 and subject to subdivision (b), any suit brought …
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Except where a different statute of limitations is specifically applicable to the public entity, and…
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(a) A claim arising out of an alleged sexual assault by a law enforcement officer if the alleged ass…
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Where a claim that is required to be presented to a public entity in accordance with Chapter 1 (comm…
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(a) Where provision is made by or pursuant to law that no suit may be brought against a public agenc…
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(a) If an application for leave to present a claim is denied or deemed to be denied pursuant to Sect…
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(a) The head of the state agency concerned, upon recommendation of the Attorney General or other att…
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The Judicial Council may settle, adjust, or compromise any pending action arising out of the activit…
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The governing body of a local public entity may compromise, or may delegate the authority to its att…
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a claim need not be presented as a prerequisite to the…
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Except as provided in Section 950.4, a cause of action against a public employee or former public em…
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A cause of action against a public employee or former public employee is not barred by Section 950.2…
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When a written claim for money or damages for injury has been presented to the employing public enti…
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Any provision of a charter, ordinance or regulation heretofore or hereafter adopted by a local publi…
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Notwithstanding Section 425.10 of the Code of Civil Procedure, any complaint for damages in any civi…
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The proper court for trial of actions against the State for the taking or damaging of private proper…
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(a) The science of earthquake prediction is developing rapidly and, although still largely in a rese…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where the State is named as a defendant in any action or…
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Notwithstanding any provision of law, when a city, county, or city and county, or local agency is a …
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Except as provided in Sections 811.9, 955.6, 955.8, and 955.9: (a) Service of summons in all actions…
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In actions for the taking or damaging of private property for public use within the meaning of Secti…
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In actions for the taking or damaging of private property for public use within the meaning of Secti…
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In actions on claims against a judicial branch entity, service of summons shall be made on: (a) The …
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Whenever the State has acquired by gift, under the will of a decedent or through a decree of distrib…
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As used in this chapter, “public agency” has the meaning given that term by Section 53050.
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Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, service of process in an action or proceeding …
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(a) If it is shown by affidavit to the satisfaction of the court or judge that the circumstances req…
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Upon receipt of the copies of process pursuant to Section 960.3, the Secretary of State shall give n…
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The Attorney General, until he is relieved of further responsibility in the manner provided in Secti…
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Service of process in an action or proceeding against a public agency may be made in conformity with…
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Upon entry of a verdict against a public entity in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)…
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(a) Upon the allowance by the Department of General Services of all or part of a claim for which the…
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The Director of General Services may allow a claim filed pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 905.…
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(a) The Controller shall draw a warrant for the payment of any final judgment or settlement against …
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(a) The Attorney General shall notify the Controller in writing when all claims for which an appropr…
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The Governor shall report to the Legislature, at each session, all judgments or settlements against …
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(a) A judgment for the payment of money against the state or a state agency is enforceable until 10 …
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the state nor a judicial branch entity, nor any …
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(a) A writ of mandate is an appropriate remedy to compel the state, or an officer or employee of the…
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Where any provision of this division requires a certificate of the Director of Finance or the Direct…
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This chapter does not apply to claims, settlements, and judgments against the Regents of the Univers…
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(a) If a request is made for certification of availability of funds, approval of a settlement, or in…
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As used in this article: (a) “Fiscal year” means a year beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30 un…
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(a) A judgment is enforceable until 10 years after the time the judgment becomes final or, if the ju…
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A local public entity shall pay any judgment in the manner provided in this article. A writ of manda…
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Except as provided in Section 970.6, the governing body of a local public entity shall pay, to the e…
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Except as provided in Section 970.6, if a local public entity does not pay a judgment, with interest…
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(a) The court which enters the judgment shall order that the governing body pay the judgment, with i…
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(a) Each local public entity shall in each fiscal year include in its budget a provision to provide …
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Judgment resulting from a discretionary act” means a judgment aris…
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(a) All judgments for which a local public entity is liable are legal investments for all trust fund…
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As used in this article: (a) “Board” means the governing body of a local taxing entity. (b) “Local t…
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Whenever the board deems it necessary for the local taxing entity to incur a bonded indebtedness to …
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Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication of a copy of the resolution pursuant to Section …
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The copy of the resolution published or posted shall be accompanied by a notice subscribed by the cl…
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At the time and place fixed for the hearing on the resolution or at any time and place to which the …
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After the board has made its determination pursuant to Section 975.8, if it deems it necessary to in…
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The resolution made pursuant to Section 976 shall constitute the notice of such election and such re…
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The board shall provide for holding the election in the same manner as provided by law in respect to…
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Every elector authorized to vote in general elections of the local taxing entity may vote on the pro…
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If two-thirds or more of the votes cast upon the proposition at the election are in favor of incurri…
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The board shall prescribe the form of the bonds. The bonds may be issued in denominations not to exc…
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The board may provide for the redemption of bonds issued under this article before maturity at price…
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The bonds shall be signed by the presiding officer of the board and countersigned by the clerk or se…
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The local taxing entity may sell the bonds at the times or in the manner the board deems to be to th…
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An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with S…
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Any bonds issued by any local taxing entity under the provisions of this article have the same force…
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Bonds issued under this article constitute general obligations of the local taxing entity for the pa…
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The proceeds from the sale of bonds issued pursuant to this article shall not be used for any purpos…
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The board may by resolution adopted by two-thirds vote of all its members declare that no part of a …
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The authority provided in this article is in addition and supplementary to any other law authorizing…
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(a) As used in this section, “not insured” includes a public entity that has no liability insurance …
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Collateral source payment” includes either of the following: (A) T…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Collateral source payment” includes either of the following: (A) T…
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As used in this part, “local public entity” means any public entity except a state agency covered by…
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Except for a liability which may be insured against pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section …
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The Judicial Council may insure any officer or attaché of its superior courts against all or any par…
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The insurance authorized by this part may be provided by: (a) Self-insurance, which may be, but is n…
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The cost of the insurance authorized by this part is a proper charge against the local public entity…
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(a) (1) Any of the following may provide insurance authorized by this part or for any other purpose …
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Any city, county, city and county, or any other local public entity with authority to provide health…
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Where an enactment, other than this part, authorizes or requires a local public entity to insure aga…
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Neither the authority provided by this part to insure, nor the exercise of such authority, shall: (a…
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Except as otherwise provided in Sections 995.2 and 995.4, upon request of an employee or former empl…
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(a) A public entity may refuse to provide for the defense of a civil action or proceeding brought ag…
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(a) If a state employee provides his or her own defense against an action brought for an alleged vio…
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A public entity may, but is not required to, provide for the defense of: (a) An action or proceeding…
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A public entity is not required to provide for the defense of an administrative proceeding brought a…
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A public entity is not required to provide for the defense of a criminal action or proceeding (inclu…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon a request made in writing to a public entity, the p…
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A public entity may provide for a defense pursuant to this part by its own attorney or by employing …
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If after request a public entity fails or refuses to provide an employee or former employee with a d…
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The rights of an employee or former employee under this part are in addition to and not in lieu of a…
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The Legislature finds and declares that, in order to aid the victims of the collapse of the San Fran…
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(a) Any person may file an application with the Department of General Services for compensation base…
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The application of any individual who was injured as a result of the collapse of the Bay Bridge or I…
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(a) If the board determines that an applicant pursuant to this part is eligible for compensation, an…
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For the purpose of computing the time limits applicable to the date of the accrual of a cause of act…
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There is hereby created within the State Treasury the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and I-880 Cyp…
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The board may adopt regulations pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of…
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The Legislature finds and declares that in order to alleviate the economic and social disruptions ar…
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(a) The sum of two million eight hundred sixty-seven thousand six hundred sixty-seven dollars ($2,86…
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(a) Any person or business may file an application with the Department of General Services for compe…
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(a) If the office of the Attorney General or its designee determines that an applicant pursuant to t…
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Executive officers are either: (a) Civil. (b) Military.
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The civil executive officers are: a Governor; a private secretary and an executive secretary for the…
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(a) A person is eligible to hold an elective civil office if, at the time of election, the person is…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 1020 or any other provision of law, no person shall be incapable of hold…
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A person is disqualified from holding any office upon conviction of designated crimes as specified i…
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(a) If a public employee is convicted of any felony involving accepting or giving, or offering to gi…
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A person is ineligible to hold office or employment of any kind under the State, any county, city, d…
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Any person who holds any office or employment under the state or any county, city, district or other…
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Every person who exercises the duties of any office in violation of the provisions of this article r…
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Every person who exercises the duties of any employment in violation of the provisions of this artic…
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The Legislature of the State of California finds that: (a) There exists a world-wide revolutionary m…
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It shall be sufficient cause for the dismissal of any public employee when such public employee advo…
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It shall be the duty of any public employee who may be subpenaed or ordered by the governing body of…
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Sections 1027.5, 1028.1, and 1028, added by Chapter 1418 of the Statutes of 1947, are not applicable…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), (c), (d), or (e), each of the following persons is disqua…
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The Department of Corrections and the Department of the Youth Authority shall complete a background …
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(a) A law enforcement agency shall require a peace officer or a prospective peace officer, as design…
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Each class of public officers or employees declared by law to be peace officers shall meet all of th…
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(a) For purposes of performing a thorough background investigation for applicants not currently empl…
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Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-336) and paragraph (3) o…
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(a) The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, by January 1, 2022, shall study, review,…
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(a) In addition to the standards in Section 1031, each state officer and employee designated as peac…
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(a) (1) In addition to the standards in Section 1031, commencing January 1, 2031, each state officer…
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(a) The Department of Motor Vehicles may require fingerprint images and associated information from …
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(a) (1) The Department of Managed Health Care may require fingerprint images and associated informat…
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(a) (1) The California Gambling Control Commission may require fingerprint images and associated inf…
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(a) (1) The executive board of the California Health Benefit Exchange, as established by Section 100…
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(a) (1) A state entity or its designee shall conduct criminal background checks, as provided in this…
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The following officers shall keep their offices in the City of Sacramento: (a) The Governor. (b) Sec…
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The director of each department who is a member of the Governor’s council shall reside at Sacramento…
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No state or municipal officer shall absent himself from the state for more than 60 days, unless eith…
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No officer of a county or judicial district shall absent himself from the state for more than 30 day…
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No member of the governing board of a school district or a community college district shall be absen…
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(a) Members of the Legislature, state, county, district, judicial district, and city officers or emp…
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No officer or employee of the State nor any Member of the Legislature shall accept any commission fo…
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(a) An officer shall not be deemed to be interested in a contract entered into by a body or board of…
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The prohibition against an interest in contracts provided by this article or any other provision of …
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Section 1090 shall not apply to any contract or grant made by local workforce investment boards crea…
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Section 1090 shall not apply to any contract or grant made by a county children and families commiss…
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(a) As used in Section 1091, “remote interest” also includes a person who has a financial interest i…
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(a) An officer or employee shall not be deemed to be interested in a contract if his or her interest…
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An officer who is also a member of the governing body of an organization that has an interest in, or…
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(a) Every contract made in violation of any of the provisions of Section 1090 may be avoided at the …
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Notwithstanding Section 1092, no lease or purchase of, or encumbrance on, real property may be avoid…
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(a) The Treasurer and Controller, county and city officers, and their deputies and clerks shall not …
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Every officer whose duty it is to audit and allow the accounts of other state, county, or city offic…
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Officers charged with the disbursement of public moneys shall not pay any warrant or other evidence …
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Upon the officer charged with the disbursement of public moneys being informed by affidavit that any…
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(a) Every officer or person prohibited by the laws of this state from making or being interested in …
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(a) The Commission shall have the jurisdiction to commence an administrative action, or a civil acti…
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(a) Upon the sworn complaint of a person or on its own initiative, the Commission shall investigate …
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(a) Subject to the requirements of Section 1097.1, the Commission may file a civil action for an all…
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In addition to any other remedies available, the Commission may obtain a judgment in superior court …
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(a) If the time for judicial review of a final Commission order or decision issued pursuant to Secti…
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(a) (1) For a public entity that has entered into a contract with an independent contractor to perfo…
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(a) Any current public officer or employee who willfully and knowingly discloses for pecuniary gain,…
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(a) A public officer, including, but not limited to, an appointed or elected member of a governmenta…
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As used in this article, “public securities” means any issue of bonds, notes, warrants, or other evi…
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As used in this article, “public body” means any county, city and county, city, municipal corporatio…
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Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a member of the legislative body of any public…
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“Local agency,” as used in this article, means a county, city, city and county, political subdivisio…
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(a) Except as provided in Sections 1128 and 1129, a local agency officer or employee shall not engag…
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It is not the intent of this article to prevent the employment by private business of a public emplo…
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Service on an appointed or elected governmental board, commission, committee, or other body by an at…
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Service on the Board of Directors of the Local Agency Self-Insurance Authority by an officer or empl…
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When the title of the incumbent of any office in this State is contested by proceedings instituted i…
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As soon as the proceedings are instituted, the clerk of the court in which they are pending shall ce…
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This article does not apply to any party to a contest or proceeding who holds the certificate of ele…
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As used in this article: (a) “State employee” means all persons who receive wages for services throu…
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State employees may authorize deductions to be made from their salaries or wages for payment of one …
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(a) In addition to deductions authorized pursuant to Section 1151, a state employee may authorize de…
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Deductions may be requested by employee organizations and bona fide associations from the salaries a…
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The Controller shall provide for the administration of payroll deductions as set forth in Sections 1…
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(a) Any eligible employee who is participating in a flexible benefits program may elect to receive o…
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(a) Any eligible employee may elect to participate in the State Employees’ Pretax Parking Payroll De…
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(a) Officers and employees of a public agency, other than those under the uniform payroll system pro…
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Employees of a public agency, on approval of and in accordance with the provisions made by the gover…
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With the approval of the governing body of a public agency and under such regulations as it may pres…
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(a) Employees, including retired employees, of a public employer in addition to any other purposes a…
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(a) Employees of a county employing more than 20,000 persons, other than a city and county, may auth…
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Employees, including retired employees, of a county, other than a city and county, employing more th…
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Retired employees of a public agency, other than a school district, or eligible surviving spouses of…
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Employees of a public agency employing more than 20,000 persons, other than a city and county, may a…
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Officers and employees of public agencies may authorize deductions to be made from their salaries or…
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Officers and employees of public agencies may authorize wage and salary deductions for deposit into …
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Payroll deductions for state employees of public agencies, other than those under the uniform payrol…
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(a) Officers and employees of a county with a population of over 8,000,000, may authorize deductions…
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Public employers other than the state that provide for the administration of payroll deductions auth…
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No provision of law prohibiting, restricting or limiting the assignment or order for wages or salari…
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(a) The Controller, a public employer, an employee organization, or any of their employees or agents…
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As used in this article, “law” means any federal law relating to internal revenue.
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In the case of the State, “law” also means the law of any state providing for the withholding of per…
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The State, its agencies and political subdivisions, cities, and all other public agencies may withho…
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They may pay the withheld sums at the times and in the manner provided by the law and make the recor…
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The Department of Finance shall direct the manner and form in which each state department, board, co…
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All funds withheld pursuant to this article by any state unit whose funds are deposited in the State…
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All funds withheld by any county pursuant to this article shall, immediately upon such withholding, …
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All funds withheld pursuant to this article by any public agency not within the provisions of Sectio…
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All assistants, deputies, and other subordinate officers, whose appointments are not otherwise provi…
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When not otherwise provided for, the appointment of deputies and other subordinate officers shall be…
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When not otherwise provided for, within 10 days after receiving notice of their appointment, deputie…
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When the number of deputies or other subordinate officers is not fixed by law, it is limited only by…
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When not otherwise provided for, each deputy possesses the powers and may perform the duties attache…
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Every officer of the state, or of any county, city, or judicial district who accepts, keeps, retains…
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When an officer discharges ex officio the duties of another office than that to which he is elected …
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Where not otherwise provided, the seals of office of the various executive officers are those in use…
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Every wilful omission to perform any duty enjoined by law upon any public officer, or person holding…
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When traveling expenses are allowed by law to any state, county, judicial district, or city officer,…
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Any money paid by a state, county, judicial district, or city officer for United States postage for …
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(a) An executive officer, a judicial officer, and a Member of the Legislature may administer and cer…
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When the records in the office of any public board or officer authorized to issue certificates show …
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An inmate of any state institution shall not be employed in the manufacture or production of any art…
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The governing board of any local agency may grant to any employee of such local governmental agency,…
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Any public officer who is charged with the custody of public records may take any action, including …
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The governing body of a city, county, city and county, or political subdivision of the State may gra…
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Whenever any person who is an employee subject to the provisions of Section 1230, or an employee of …
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No state officer or employee shall be deemed to have a break in service or to have terminated his or…
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Funds from each appropriation made in the budget act for any fiscal year may be expended to pay to o…
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Funds from each appropriation made in the budget act for any fiscal year may be expended to pay any …
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Acting in accordance with Executive Order 11246 (30FR 12319), as amended, applicants for employment …
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No public officer while serving in any elective office in this state shall receive a retirement allo…
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(a) Any person who is receiving an allowance from a public retirement system, who is charged by indi…
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(a) Any person who is receiving an allowance from a public retirement system, who is charged by indi…
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(a) All city, county, city and county, and district employees that conduct audits or that conduct au…
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All state and local agencies with an aggregate spending of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) or mo…
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1236, if a city, county, city and county, or district dete…
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1236, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, may, by major…
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Whenever a section of the California Constitution uses both the terms “salary” and “compensation”, w…
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Every officer, the mode of whose appointment is not prescribed by law, shall be appointed by the Gov…
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Every office, the term of which is not fixed by law, is held at the pleasure of the appointing power…
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Every officer whose term has expired shall continue to discharge the duties of his office until his …
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Every person who exercises any function of a public office without taking the oath of office, or wit…
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(a) The Speaker of the Assembly or the Senate Committee on Rules may appoint a Member of the Legisla…
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(a) Commencing January 1, 2027, the office of the Governor shall maintain on its internet website a …
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(a) Commencing January 1, 2027, the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly shal…
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Nominations made by the Governor to the Senate shall be in writing, designating the residence of the…
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Whenever the Senate concurs in a nomination, its secretary shall immediately deliver a copy of the r…
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In addition to any other statutory provisions requiring confirmation by the Senate of officers appoi…
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In addition to any other statutory provisions requiring confirmation by the Senate of officers appoi…
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The Governor shall commission: (a) All officers elected by the people whose commissions are not othe…
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The commissions of all officers commissioned by the Governor shall be issued in the name of the peop…
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The commissions of all other officers, where no special provision is made by law, shall be signed by…
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Unless otherwise provided, following any election or appointment and before any officer enters on th…
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Unless otherwise provided, the oath may be taken before any officer authorized to administer oaths.
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(a) Unless otherwise provided, every oath of office certified by the officer before whom it was take…
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It is unlawful to remove a person from an office or position of public trust because such person has…
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It is unlawful for any person having the power of removal from office of any officer to remove or th…
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Any officer or person who is removed or threatened with removal from any office or position of publi…
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No compensation nor reimbursement for expenses incurred shall be paid to any officer by any public a…
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Every person who, while taking and subscribing to the oath or affirmation required by this chapter, …
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Every person having taken and subscribed to the oath or affirmation required by this chapter, who wh…
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Unless otherwise provided, every official bond shall be filed in the proper office within the time p…
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The approval of every official bond shall be indorsed thereon and signed by the officer approving th…
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No officer with whom any official bond is required to be filed shall file such bond until approved.
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Official bonds shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose entitled “Record of Official Bonds.…
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Unless otherwise provided, the official bonds of state officers prescribed by law shall be approved …
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Unless otherwise provided, all official bonds of state officers and employees not expressly prescrib…
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Unless otherwise provided, the official bonds of officers of a county and judicial district shall be…
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The bonds of supervisors, treasurers, county clerks, auditors, sheriffs, tax collectors, district at…
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After being recorded, the official bond of the county clerk shall be filed in the office of the coun…
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Every officer with whom official bonds are filed shall carefully keep and preserve the bonds. He sha…
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The county recorder shall record the bond and return it to the county officer with whom it is requir…
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Any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall give a bond, corresponding in substance and form with t…
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No fee shall be charged by any officer to file or record any official bond of any official of this s…
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For the purposes of this chapter, a government crime insurance policy or employee dishonesty insuran…
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Every officer, agent or employee not required by statute to give an official bond may be required to…
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(a) When deemed expedient by the appointing power, a master official bond or other form of master bo…
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For the purposes of Section 1481 the board of supervisors of a county is deemed to be the appointing…
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Each such bond may contain a provision authorizing the appointing power to cancel it, if it is an in…
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All official bonds shall be made payable to the State of California in such penalty and with such co…
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The condition of an official bond shall be that the principal will well, truly, and faithfully perfo…
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Every official bond executed by any officer pursuant to law is in force and obligatory upon the prin…
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Whenever, except in criminal prosecutions, any special penalty, forfeiture, or liability is imposed …
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The officer whose duty it is to approve official bonds required of officers of a county or judicial …
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The sureties on the bonds of all officers of a county or judicial district named in Section 1458 sha…
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A member of the board of supervisors shall not be accepted as surety upon the official bond of any o…
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This article does not apply to notaries public.
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The premium or charge for bonds given by surety companies for the officers, herein named, and for th…
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No premium or charge paid by the state, a county, city, or district shall exceed one-half of 1 perce…
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The payment of premiums for all bonds of deputies, clerks, assistants or subordinate officers of cou…
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Resignations shall be in writing, and made as follows: (a) By the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, …
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The Speaker of the Assembly and the Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee shall immediately inform …
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In all cases not otherwise provided for in this article or elsewhere, a resignation is made by filin…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no person elected or appointed to the governing body of a…
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An office becomes vacant on the happening of any of the following events before the expiration of th…
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The disqualification from holding office upon conviction, as provided in Section 1021, or the forfei…
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Upon the entry of a plea of guilty, the entry of a plea of nolo contendere, or the rendering of a ve…
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(a) When an officer is removed, declared insane, or convicted of a felony or offense involving a vio…
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When any office becomes vacant and no mode is provided by law for filling the vacancy, the Governor …
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When a vacancy occurs in the office of Representative to Congress, or in either house of the Legisla…
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In addition to any other applicable provision of law, a vacancy occurs in the office of Representati…
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(a) When an office, the appointment to which is vested in the Governor and Senate, either becomes va…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the appointment by the Governor of a person to …
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(a) For any person whose term of office expires prior to Senate confirmation and who is reappointed …
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With respect to any body or entity having more than one member, including, but not limited to, a boa…
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person holding an office which is deemed to be vacan…
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(a) Sections 1774, 1774.2, 1774.3, and 1774.5 shall apply to any person appointed, or reappointed, p…
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Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Lieutenan…
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Except as otherwise provided in the Constitution, when a person is appointed by the Governor, or by …
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After filing his official oath and bond, any person elected or appointed to fill a vacancy possesses…
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A vacancy in any appointive office on the governing board of a special district shall be filled by a…
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A vacancy on any appointed governing board of a special district shall be filled by the appointing a…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a vacancy in any elective office on the governing bo…
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The provisions of Section 1780 shall not apply to a school district, a district organized pursuant t…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, whenever a vacancy occurs on a state board or commis…
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Every officer is entitled to the possession of all books and papers pertaining to his office, or in …
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If any person, including a former incumbent, refuses or neglects to deliver to the actual incumbent …
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After notice to the adverse party, the court or judge shall proceed in a summary way to hear the all…
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The execution of the order and the delivery of the books and papers may be enforced by: (a) Attachme…
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Every person who wilfully and knowingly intrudes himself into any public office to which he has not …
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Every officer whose office is abolished by law, or who, after the expiration of the time for which h…
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An officer forfeits his office upon conviction of designated crimes as specified in the Constitution…
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Any State, county, or city officer who is intoxicated while in discharge of the duties of his office…
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Whenever the Governor is authorized to appoint a person to an office with the advice and consent of,…
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(a) An elected officer of the state or a city, county, city and county, or district in this state fo…
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State officers elected on a statewide basis, members of the State Board of Equalization, and judges …
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The Senate when sitting as the court of impeachment is a court of record. The officers of the Senate…
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All impeachments shall be by resolution adopted, originated in, and conducted by managers elected by…
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The managers shall prepare articles of impeachment, present them at the bar of the Senate, and prose…
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When an officer is impeached by the Assembly for a misdemeanor in office, the articles of impeachmen…
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The Senate shall assign a day for the hearing of the impeachment and inform the Assembly thereof.
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Not less than 10 days before the day fixed for the hearing, the President of the Senate shall have s…
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The service shall be made upon the defendant personally. If upon diligent inquiry he can not be foun…
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If the defendant does not appear, upon proof of service or publication the Senate may, of its own mo…
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When the defendant appears, he may object in writing to the sufficiency of the articles of impeachme…
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If the objection to the sufficiency of the articles of impeachment is not sustained by a majority of…
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If the defendant pleads not guilty, the Senate shall try the impeachment at the time it appoints. Th…
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At the time and place appointed, and before the Senate acts on the impeachment, the secretary shall …
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The defendant can not be convicted on impeachment without the concurrence of two-thirds of the membe…
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After conviction and at the time appointed by the Senate, it shall pronounce judgment, in the form o…
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On the adoption of the resolution by a majority of the members present who voted on the question of …
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The judgment may be that the defendant be suspended, or that he be removed from office and disqualif…
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If judgment of suspension is given, during the continuance of the judgment the defendant is disquali…
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Whenever articles of impeachment against any officer subject to impeachment are presented to the Sen…
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Upon temporary suspension of any officer other than the Governor, his office shall at once be tempor…
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If the Lieutenant Governor is impeached, notice of the impeachment shall be immediately given to the…
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If the offense for which the defendant is convicted on impeachment is also the subject of an indictm…
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An accusation in writing against any officer of a district, county, or city, including any member of…
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The accusation shall state the offense charged in ordinary and concise language, and without repetit…
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The accusation shall be delivered by the foreman of the grand jury to the district attorney of the c…
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The district attorney shall have a copy of the accusation served upon the defendant, and by notice i…
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The defendant shall appear at the time stated in the notice and answer the accusation, unless for so…
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The defendant may answer the accusation either by objecting to its sufficiency or any article therei…
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If he objects to the legal sufficiency of the accusation, the objection shall be in writing. The obj…
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If he denies the truth of the accusation, the denial may be oral and without oath. The denial shall …
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If an objection to the sufficiency of the accusation is not sustained, the defendant shall answer th…
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If the defendant pleads guilty, or refuses to answer the accusation, the court shall render judgment…
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The trial shall be by a jury, and conducted in all respects in the same manner as the trial of an in…
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The district attorney and the defendant are each entitled to such process as is necessary to enforce…
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Upon a conviction and at the time appointed by the court it shall pronounce judgment that the defend…
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The same proceedings may be had on like grounds for the removal of a district attorney, except that …
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Any officer subject to removal pursuant to this article may be removed from office for willful or co…
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In a proceeding under this article, appeal is to the court of appeal.
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It is hereby declared that the protection of the health and safety and preservation of the lives and…
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For the purpose of this chapter the term “disaster service worker” includes all public employees and…
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(a) All disaster service workers shall, before they enter upon the duties of their employment, take …
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The oath or affirmation required by this chapter is the oath or affirmation set forth in Section 3 o…
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The oath or affirmation may be taken before any officer authorized to administer oaths. The oath or …
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(a) The oath or affirmation of any disaster service worker of the state shall be filed as prescribed…
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Compliance with this chapter shall, as to state employees, be deemed full compliance with Chapter 4,…
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No compensation nor reimbursement for expenses incurred shall be paid to any disaster service worker…
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Every person who, while taking and subscribing to the oath or affirmation required by this chapter, …
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Every person having taken and subscribed to the oath or affirmation required by this chapter, who, w…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California State Government Volunteers Act.
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Volunteer” means any person who, of his own free will, provides goods …
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The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Since the spirit of volunteerism has long animated gene…
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All volunteers shall comply with applicable department and other state policy and regulations. It sh…
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Each state department or division is hereby authorized to utilize the services of volunteers. Each s…
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The provisions of this article shall not apply to the Department of Aging’s use of volunteers, pursu…
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Notwithstanding Section 3118, any state or local agency that chooses to utilize volunteers shall imp…
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As used herein “local agency” means a county, city and county, city, school district, office of coun…
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Any local agency may, subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the legislative body thereof, …
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The travel insurance authorized by this chapter shall be in addition to any compensation secured und…
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The office of county superintendent of schools may carry a master policy for travel insurance on beh…
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For the purposes of this chapter: (a) “Autonomous transit vehicle technology” means technology that …
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(a) At least 10 months before beginning a procurement process to acquire or deploy any autonomous tr…
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(a) Upon a written request by the exclusive employee representative, the public transit employer and…
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This chapter shall not be construed as creating any labor requirements that are less protective of e…
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The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is…
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The Public Employment Relations Board shall have jurisdiction to process unfair practice charges all…
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The Legislature finds as follows: (a) Public employers, including the state and the University of Ca…
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For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Authorized strike” means a s…
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(a) It shall be an unfair practice for a covered employer to do any of the following: (1) Fail or re…
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The Legislature finds that political activities of public employees are of significant statewide con…
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This chapter applies to all officers and employees of a state or local agency. (a) “Local agency” me…
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, or as necessary to meet requirements of federal law as…
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No one who holds, or who is seeking election or appointment to, any office or employment in a state …
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(a) An officer or employee of a local agency shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit a political …
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No one who holds, or who is seeking election or appointment to, any office shall, directly or indire…
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No officer or employee of a local agency shall participate in political activities of any kind while…
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Any city, county, or city and county charter or, in the absence of a charter provision, the governin…
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Except as provided in Section 19990, the limitations set forth in this chapter shall be the only res…
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Nothing in this chapter prevents an officer or employee of a state or local agency from soliciting o…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act.
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) (1) “Firefighter” means any firef…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 3201), or whenever on duty …
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When any firefighter is under investigation and subjected to interrogation by his or her commanding …
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(a) A firefighter shall not be subjected to punitive action, or denied promotion, or be threatened w…
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(a) An administrative appeal instituted by a firefighter under this chapter shall be conducted in co…
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(a) (1) An employee of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection holding a temporary appointmen…
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A firefighter shall not have any comment adverse to his or her interest entered in his or her person…
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A firefighter shall have 30 days within which to file a written response to any adverse comment ente…
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(a) Every employer shall, at reasonable times and at reasonable intervals, upon the request of a fir…
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(a) A firefighter shall not be compelled to submit to a lie detector test against his or her will. (…
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A firefighter shall not be required or requested for purposes of job assignment or other personnel a…
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A firefighter shall not have his or her locker or other space for storage that may be assigned to hi…
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(a) It shall be unlawful for any employing department or licensing or certifying agency to deny or r…
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Nothing in this chapter shall in any way be construed to limit the ability of any employing departme…
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The rights and protections described in this chapter shall only apply to a firefighter during events…
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This chapter is known and may be cited as the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act.
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For purposes of this chapter, the term public safety officer means all peace officers specified in S…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, or whenever on duty or in uniform, no public safety officer…
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When any public safety officer is under investigation and subjected to interrogation by his or her c…
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(a) No public safety officer shall be subjected to punitive action, or denied promotion, or be threa…
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An administrative appeal instituted by a public safety officer under this chapter shall be conducted…
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No public safety officer shall have any comment adverse to his interest entered in his personnel fil…
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(a) A punitive action, or denial of promotion on grounds other than merit, shall not be undertaken b…
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(a) A punitive action or denial of promotion on grounds other than merit shall not be undertaken by …
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A public safety officer shall have 30 days within which to file a written response to any adverse co…
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(a) Every employer shall, at reasonable times and at reasonable intervals, upon the request of a pub…
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(a) No public safety officer shall be compelled to submit to a lie detector test against his or her …
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(a) No public safety officer shall be required as a condition of employment by his or her employing …
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No public safety officer shall be required or requested for purposes of job assignment or other pers…
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No public safety officer shall have his locker, or other space for storage that may be assigned to h…
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(a) It shall be unlawful for any public safety department to deny or refuse to any public safety off…
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Any public agency which has adopted, through action of its governing body or its official designee, …
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Nothing in this chapter shall in any way be construed to limit the use of any public safety agency o…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the employer of a public safety officer may not take any…
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In the 2005–06 fiscal year, the Commission on State Mandates shall review its statement of decision …
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act.
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The Governor annually may award and present, in the name of the State of California, a Public Safety…
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(a) There exists in state government the Public Safety Medal of Valor Review Board, whose purpose is…
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(a) The Attorney General shall review the candidates recommended to him or her by the Public Safety …
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Golden Shield Act.
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The Governor annually shall award, and present in the name of the State of California, a Golden Shie…
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For the purposes of this chapter, “public safety officer” means a person serving a public agency, wi…
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(a) It is the purpose of this chapter to promote full communication between public employers and the…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Meyers-Milias-Brown Act.”
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Employee organization” means either of the following: (1) Any organiza…
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As used in this chapter, “public agency” does not mean a superior court.
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Except as otherwise provided by the Legislature, public employees shall have the right to form, join…
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No public employee shall be subject to punitive action or denied promotion, or threatened with any s…
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(a) (1) A public agency shall present the status of vacancies and recruitment and retention efforts …
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 3502, any other provision of this chapter, or any other law, rule, or re…
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Recognized employee organizations shall have the right to represent their members in their employmen…
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If an employee covered by Chapter 9.6 (commencing with Section 3250) holds a conscientious objection…
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If an employee covered by Chapter 9.7 (commencing with Section 3300) holds a conscientious objection…
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The scope of representation shall include all matters relating to employment conditions and employer…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the governing body of a public agency, and boards and com…
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(a) Except in cases of emergency as provided in this section, the governing body of a public agency,…
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The governing body of a public agency, or such boards, commissions, administrative officers or other…
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If a tentative agreement is reached by the authorized representatives of the public agency and a rec…
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If after a reasonable period of time, representatives of the public agency and the recognized employ…
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(a) Public agencies shall allow a reasonable number of public agency employee representatives of rec…
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(a) The employee organization may request that the parties’ differences be submitted to a factfindin…
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(a) If the dispute is not settled within 30 days after the appointment of the factfinding panel, or,…
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After any applicable mediation and factfinding procedures have been exhausted, but no earlier than 1…
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An arbitration agreement contained in a memorandum of understanding entered into under this chapter …
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Public agencies and employee organizations shall not interfere with, intimidate, restrain, coerce or…
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A public agency shall not do any of the following: (a) Impose or threaten to impose reprisals on emp…
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(a) A public agency may adopt reasonable rules and regulations after consultation in good faith with…
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(a) Unit determinations and representation elections shall be determined and processed in accordance…
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Professional employees shall not be denied the right to be represented separately from nonprofession…
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In addition to those rules and regulations a public agency may adopt pursuant to and in the same man…
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(a) (1) (A) For purposes of this section, “temporary employee” means a temporary employee, casual em…
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(a) The governing body of a public agency may, in accordance with reasonable standards, designate po…
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For the purposes of this section, the term “police employee” includes the civilian employees of the …
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(a) Nothing in this chapter shall affect the right of a public employee to authorize a dues or servi…
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(a) The powers and duties of the board described in Section 3541.3 shall also apply, as appropriate,…
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Notwithstanding any other law, if a decision by an administrative law judge regarding the recognitio…
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(a) Any charging party, respondent, or intervenor aggrieved by a final decision or order of the boar…
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(a) The provisions of this chapter shall be interpreted and applied by the board in a manner consist…
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The changes made to Sections 3501, 3507.1, and 3509 of the Government Code by legislation enacted du…
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As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Compensation” means annual salary, st…
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On or after January 1, 2012, any contract executed or renewed between a local agency and a local age…
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It is the purpose of this chapter to promote full communication between the state and its employees …
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Employee organization” means any organization that includes employees …
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Any person who shall willfully resist, prevent, impede or interfere with any member of the board, or…
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The initial determination as to whether the charges of unfair practices are justified, and, if so, w…
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Except as otherwise provided by the Legislature, state employees shall have the right to form, join,…
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Employee organizations shall have the right to represent their members in their employment relations…
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All employee organizations shall have the right to have membership dues, initiation fees, membership…
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(a) Once an employee organization is recognized as the exclusive representative of an appropriate un…
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Any state employee who pays a fair share fee shall have the right to demand and receive from the rec…
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The scope of representation shall be limited to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of empl…
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Except in cases of emergency as provided in this section, the employer shall give reasonable written…
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The Governor, or his representative as may be properly designated by law, shall meet and confer in g…
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If agreement is reached between the Governor and the recognized employee organization, they shall jo…
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(a) (1) In any case where the provisions of Section 70031 of the Education Code, or subdivision (i) …
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If the Legislature does not approve or fully fund any provision of the memorandum of understanding w…
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(a) If a memorandum of understanding has expired, and the Governor and the recognized employee organ…
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Notwithstanding Section 3517.6, for state employees in State Bargaining Unit 6, in any case where th…
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(a) Any side letter, appendix, or other addendum to a properly ratified memorandum of understanding …
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If after a reasonable period of time, the Governor and the recognized employee organization fail to …
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A reasonable number of employee representatives of recognized employee organizations shall be grante…
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Managerial employees and confidential employees shall be prohibited from holding elective office in …
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It shall be unlawful for the state to do any of the following: (a) Impose or threaten to impose repr…
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It shall be unlawful for an employee organization to: (a) Cause or attempt to cause the state to vio…
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(a) Judicial review of a unit determination shall only be allowed: (1) when the board, in response t…
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(a) The state shall grant exclusive recognition to employee organizations designated or selected pur…
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The state employer shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations for all of the following: (a) Regist…
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Notwithstanding any other law, if a decision by an administrative law judge regarding the recognitio…
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(a) In determining an appropriate unit, the board shall be governed by the criteria in subdivision (…
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The term “professional employee” means (a) any employee engaged in work (1) predominantly intellectu…
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The board may, in accordance with reasonable standards, designate positions or classes of positions …
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(a) Physicians in any state bargaining unit may negotiate under this chapter for preauthorized trave…
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(a) All initial meet and confer proposals of recognized employee organizations shall be presented to…
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The enactment of this chapter shall not be construed as making the provisions of Section 923 of the …
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Ralph C. Dills Act.
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations Act…
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The Legislature finds and declares that it is the purpose of this chapter to promote full communicat…
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For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Board” means the Public Employment Relations Board. The powers an…
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The Judicial Council shall have the sole authority and discretion to designate Judicial Council stat…
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Any person who willfully resists, prevents, impedes, or interferes with any member of the board, or …
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The initial determination as to whether the charges of unfair practices are justified, and, if so, w…
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Except as otherwise provided by the Legislature, Judicial Council employees shall have the right to …
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Employee organizations shall have the right to represent their members in their employment relations…
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All employee organizations shall have the right to have membership dues, initiation fees, membership…
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(a) Once an employee organization is recognized as the exclusive representative of an appropriate un…
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Any Judicial Council employee who pays a fair share fee shall have the right to demand and receive f…
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The scope of representation shall be limited to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of empl…
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(a) Except in cases of emergency as provided in subdivision (b), the employer shall give reasonable …
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The Administrative Director of the Courts, or his or her designated representatives, acting with the…
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If an agreement is reached between the Administrative Director of the Courts and the recognized empl…
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(a) Any side letter, appendix, or other addendum to a properly ratified memorandum of understanding …
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If the Legislature does not fully fund any provision of the memorandum of understanding that require…
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(a) If a memorandum of understanding has expired, and the Administrative Director of the Courts and …
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If after a reasonable period of time, the Administrative Director of the Courts and the recognized e…
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A reasonable number of employee representatives of recognized employee organizations shall be grante…
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Managerial employees, confidential employees, supervisory employees, and excluded employees shall be…
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It shall be unlawful for the Judicial Council to do any of the following: (a) Impose or threaten to …
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It shall be unlawful for an employee organization to do any of the following: (a) Cause or attempt t…
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(a) Judicial review of a unit determination shall only be allowed under either of the following circ…
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(a) The Judicial Council shall grant exclusive recognition to employee organizations designated or s…
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The Judicial Council shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations for all of the following: (a) Regi…
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Notwithstanding any other law, if a decision by an administrative law judge regarding the recognitio…
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(a) In determining an appropriate unit, the board shall be governed by the criteria in subdivision (…
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(a) (1) All initial meet and confer proposals of recognized employee organizations shall be presente…
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This chapter shall not be construed to apply Section 923 of the Labor Code to Judicial Council emplo…
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as modifying or eliminating any existing wages, hours, or…
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If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof, to any person or circumstances, is hel…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Bill of Rights for State Excluded Employees.
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The purpose of this chapter is to inform state supervisory, managerial, confidential, and employees …
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Employee” means a civil service employee of the State of California. T…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the rights and protections provided to excluded emplo…
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(a) Except for supervisory employees as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 3513, excluded employe…
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Excluded employee organizations shall have the right to represent their excluded members in their em…
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Supervisory employees shall have the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of super…
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The scope of representation for supervisory employees shall include all matters relating to employme…
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Upon request, the state shall meet and confer with verified supervisory organizations representing s…
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The state employer shall allow a reasonable number of supervisory public employee representatives of…
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The Department of Human Resources may adopt rules and regulations for the administration of excluded…
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The state may adopt reasonable rules and regulations providing for designation of the management and…
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Every excluded employee organization shall submit an annual registration statement on or before July…
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The state employer and excluded employee organizations shall not interfere with, intimidate, restrai…
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The enactment of this chapter shall not make Section 923 of the Labor Code applicable to state emplo…
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(a) The Department of Human Resources may adopt or amend regulations to implement employee benefits …
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Notwithstanding any other law, an employee excluded from the definition of “state employee” in subdi…
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It is the purpose of this chapter to promote the improvement of personnel management and employer-em…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Board” means the Public Employment Relations Board created pursuant to…
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(a) A school district that has a qualified or negative certification pursuant to Section 42131 of th…
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(a) There is in state government the Public Employment Relations Board which shall be independent of…
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The board shall have all of the following powers and duties: (a) To determine in disputed cases, or …
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Any person who shall willfully resist, prevent, impede or interfere with any member of the board, or…
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The initial determination as to whether the charges of unfair practices are justified, and, if so, w…
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Notwithstanding any other law, if a decision by an administrative law judge regarding the recognitio…
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(a) No employer or employee organization shall have the right to judicial review of a unit determina…
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(a) Public school employees shall have the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of…
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(a) Employee organizations shall have the right to represent their members in their employment relat…
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(a) (1) The scope of representation shall be limited to matters relating to wages, hours of employme…
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A public school employer or such representatives as it may designate who may, but need not be, subje…
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A person serving in a management position, senior management position, or a confidential position ma…
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It is unlawful for a public school employer to do any of the following: (a) Impose or threaten to im…
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It shall be unlawful for an employee organization to: (a) Cause or attempt to cause a public school …
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The duty to meet and negotiate in good faith requires the parties to begin negotiations prior to the…
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(a) Any employee organization shall have standing to sue in any action or proceeding heretofore or h…
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(a) An employee organization may become the exclusive representative for the employees of an appropr…
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The public school employer shall grant a request for recognition filed pursuant to Section 3544, unl…
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If, by January 1 of any school year, no employee organization has made a claim of majority support i…
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A petition may be filed with the board, in accordance with its rules and regulations, requesting it …
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(a) Upon receipt of a petition filed pursuant to Section 3544.3 or 3544.5, the board shall conduct i…
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The employee organization recognized or certified as the exclusive representative for the purpose of…
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(a) In each case where the appropriateness of the unit is an issue, the board shall decide the quest…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon receiving notice from the exclusive representat…
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Notwithstanding subdivision (i) of Section 3540.1, Section 3546, or any other provision of this chap…
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Every recognized or certified employee organization shall keep an adequate itemized record of its fi…
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(a) All initial proposals of exclusive representatives and of public school employers, which relate …
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(a) Before a public school employer enters into a written agreement with an exclusive representative…
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Either a public school employer or the exclusive representative may declare that an impasse has been…
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(a) If the mediator is unable to effect settlement of the controversy within 15 days after his appoi…
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(a) The panel shall, within 10 days after its appointment, meet with the parties or their representa…
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(a) If the dispute is not settled within 30 days after the appointment of the panel, or, upon agreem…
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Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the mediator appointed pursuant to Section 35…
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A public school employer and an exclusive representative who enter into a written agreement covering…
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If the written agreement does not include procedures authorized by Section 3548.5, both parties to t…
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Where a party to a written agreement is aggrieved by the failure, neglect, or refusal of the other p…
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An arbitration award made pursuant to Section 3548.5, 3548.6, or 3548. 7 shall be final and binding …
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The enactment of this chapter shall not be construed as making the provisions of Section 923 of the …
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All the proceedings set forth in subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, are exempt from the provisions …
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If any provisions of this chapter or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance…
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A public employer shall not deter or discourage public employees or applicants to be public employee…
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(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), the Public Employment Relations Board shall have j…
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(a) (1) An employee organization that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Employment Relati…
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For the purpose of this chapter: (a) “Employee organization” means an employee organization within t…
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(a) This section shall apply only when an employee organization has been recognized or certified by …
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The Legislature finds and declares that the ability of an exclusive representative to communicate wi…
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(a) This chapter applies to public employers subject to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500), C…
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(a) Each public employer described in subdivision (a) of Section 3555.5 shall provide the exclusive …
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(a) Each public employer described in subdivision (a) of Section 3555.5 shall provide the exclusive …
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (g), upon request of the employer or the exclusive representat…
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(a) Subject to the exceptions provided here, the public employer shall provide the exclusive represe…
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(a) A public employer shall grant to public employees, upon request of the exclusive representative …
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The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) The people of the State of California have a fun…
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(a) It is the further purpose of this chapter to provide orderly and clearly defined procedures for …
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Arbitration” means a method of resolving a rights dispute under which …
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The California State University may meet and confer with the employee organization selected as the e…
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Notwithstanding subdivision (r) of Section 3562, for purposes of the California State University onl…
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This chapter shall be administered by the Public Employment Relations Board. In administering this c…
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Any person who shall willfully resist, prevent, impede or interfere with any member of the board, or…
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The initial determination as to whether the charges of unfair practices are justified, and, if so, w…
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The board shall have the power to issue a decision and order directing an offending party to cease a…
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Notwithstanding any other law, if a decision by an administrative law judge regarding the recognitio…
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(a) No employer or employee organization shall have the right to judicial review of a unit determina…
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Higher education employees shall have the right to form, join and participate in the activities of e…
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The Trustees of the California State University shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations for all…
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Any employee or group of employees may at any time, either individually or through a representative …
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Subject to reasonable regulations, employee organizations shall have the right of access at reasonab…
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A reasonable number of representatives of an exclusive representative shall have the right to receiv…
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(a) The state shall allow up to three employee representatives from each employee organization which…
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Higher education employers, or such representatives as they may designate, shall engage in meeting a…
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It shall be unlawful for the higher education employer to do any of the following: (a) Impose or thr…
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It shall be unlawful for an employee organization to: (a) Cause or attempt to cause the higher educa…
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The expression of any views, arguments, or opinions, or the dissemination thereof, whether in writte…
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(a) (1) (A) A higher education employer shall provide a procedure for all medical and dental interns…
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This section shall apply only to the California State University. (a) The duty to meet and confer in…
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This section shall apply only to the California Maritime Academy. (a) The duty to engage in meeting …
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(a) This section shall apply only to the University of California. (b) The duty to engage in meeting…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in the case where the following provisions of law are in …
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An employee organization may become the exclusive representative for the employees of an appropriate…
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The higher education employer shall grant a request for recognition filed pursuant to Section 3573 u…
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A petition may be filed with the board, in accordance with its rules and regulations, requesting it …
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A petition may be filed with the board, in accordance with its rules and regulations, requesting it …
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(a) (1) (A) Upon receipt of a petition filed pursuant to Section 3575, the board shall conduct inqui…
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The employee organization recognized or certified as the exclusive representative shall represent al…
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(a) In each case where the appropriateness of a unit is an issue, in determining an appropriate unit…
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Except as provided by this article, supervisory employees shall not have the rights, or be covered b…
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“Supervisory employee” means any individual, regardless of the job description or title, having auth…
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(a) Supervisory employees shall not participate in the handling of grievances on behalf of nonsuperv…
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Supervisory employees shall have the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of emplo…
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Employee organizations shall have the right to represent their supervisory employee members in their…
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The scope of representation for supervisory employees shall include all matters relating to employme…
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The higher education employer shall meet and confer with representatives of employee organizations u…
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The higher education employer shall allow a reasonable number of supervisory public employee represe…
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The higher education employer and employee organizations shall not interfere with, intimidate, restr…
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Subject to the limitations set forth in this section, organizational security shall be within the sc…
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any employee of the California State University …
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 3583.5, an employee of the California State University or the University…
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In the absence of an arrangement pursuant to Section 3583 or 3583.5, an employer shall, upon written…
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The Trustees of the California State University shall continue all payroll assignments authorized by…
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Every recognized or certified employee organization shall keep an adequate itemized record of its fi…
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(a) An employer and an exclusive representative who enter into a written memorandum of understanding…
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Either an employer or the exclusive representative may declare that an impasse has been reached betw…
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If the mediator is unable to effect settlement of the controversy within 15 days after his appointme…
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The panel shall, within 10 days after its appointment, meet with the parties or their representative…
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(a) If the dispute is not settled within 30 days after the appointment of the panel, or, upon agreem…
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Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the mediator appointed pursuant to Section 35…
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(a) All initial proposals of exclusive representatives and of higher education employers, which rela…
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All the proceedings set forth in this section shall be exempt from the provisions of Article 9 (comm…
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(a) Subject to provisions of subdivision (d), in all meeting and conferring between higher education…
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No memorandum of understanding shall contravene any federal or state law, including rules and regula…
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If any provision of this chapter or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance …
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Legislature Employer-Employee Relations Act.
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The Legislature finds and declares that it is the purpose of this chapter to promote full communicat…
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For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Board” means the Public Employment Relations Board. The powers an…
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Any person who willfully resists, prevents, impedes, or interferes with any member of the board, or …
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The initial determination as to whether charges of unfair practices are justified, and, if so, what …
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Employees have the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations …
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Employee organizations have the right to represent their members in their employment relations with …
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All employee organizations have the right to have membership dues, initiation fees, membership benef…
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(a) Once an employee organization is recognized as the exclusive representative of an appropriate un…
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(a) The scope of representation is limited to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employ…
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(a) Except in cases of emergency as provided in subdivision (b), the employer shall give reasonable …
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(a) The employer shall meet and confer in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and con…
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If an agreement is reached between the employer and the recognized employee organization, the partie…
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A side letter, appendix, or other addendum to a properly ratified memorandum of understanding shall …
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(a) If a memorandum of understanding has expired, and the employer and the recognized employee organ…
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If, after a reasonable period of time, the employer and the recognized employee organization fail to…
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A reasonable number of employee representatives of recognized employee organizations shall be grante…
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It is unlawful for the employer to do any of the following: (a) Impose or threaten to impose reprisa…
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It is unlawful for an employee organization to do any of the following: (a) Cause or attempt to caus…
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(a) Judicial review of a unit determination is allowed only under either of the following circumstan…
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(a) The employer shall grant exclusive recognition to employee organizations designated or selected …
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The employer shall adopt reasonable rules for all of the following: (a) Registering employee organiz…
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Notwithstanding any other law, if a decision by an administrative law judge regarding the recognitio…
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(a) In determining an appropriate unit, the board is governed by the criteria in subdivision (b). Ho…
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(a) (1) All initial meet and confer proposals of recognized employee organizations shall be presente…
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This chapter does not apply Section 923 of the Labor Code to employees.
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This chapter does not modify or eliminate any existing wages, hours, or terms and conditions of empl…
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If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held…
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Expenses incurred by the employer in relation to a properly ratified memorandum of understanding pur…
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Notwithstanding any other law, the expression of any views, arguments, or opinions, or the dissemina…
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Notwithstanding Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 9070) of Chapter 1.5 of Part 1 of Division 2 of…
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Employees of the Legislature are exempt from civil service under the California Constitution. A memo…
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This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2026.
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There is within the Public Employment Relations Board a division known as the California State Media…
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The board may investigate and mediate labor disputes providing any bona fide party to this type of d…
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Notwithstanding any other law, the board may seek and collect reimbursement from private and public …
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(a) The Public Employment Relations Board succeeds to and is vested with all of the powers, duties, …
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The definitions set forth in this section shall govern the construction and meaning of the terms use…
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Notwithstanding any other law, the following provisions shall govern disputes between exclusive barg…
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(a) Whenever in the opinion of the Governor, a threatened or actual strike or lockout will, if permi…
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The board of investigation shall be composed of no more than five members, one of whom shall be desi…
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Upon receiving a report from a board of investigation, the Governor may request the Attorney General…
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If the charter or establishing legislation of the local agency establishes a time period for the neg…
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Except as expressly provided by subdivision (b) of Section 3612 and Section 3614, nothing in this ch…
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This chapter does not apply to maintenance work, work occasioned by emergency, and work costing less…
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As used in this chapter, “engineer” means the Director of Transportation, the Director of Water Reso…
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As used in this chapter, “public work” means the construction of any bridge, road, street, highway, …
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The engineer directing, supervising or superintending the construction, or in charge of the engineer…
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Prior to the commencement of the public work, the engineer shall prepare and file in his office eith…
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Within 60 days from the completion of any public work, the engineer shall prepare and file in the of…
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Plans, specifications, work authorizations describing work to be performed, and all other informatio…
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Every engineer who wilfully violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeano…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Competent spoil” means soils that can be treated to bring their moistu…
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Any local agency that undertakes or contracts for an excavation for the installation, removal, maint…
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In any contract to which a public agency as defined in Section 4401 is a party, the public agency sh…
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As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Active subsurface installation” means…
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(a) Every operator of a subsurface installation, except the Department of Transportation, shall beco…
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(a) Before notifying the appropriate regional notification center, an excavator planning to conduct …
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(a) (1) (A) Unless the excavator and operator mutually agree to a later start date and time, or othe…
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(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), if an excavation is within the tolerance zone of a subs…
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(a) The requirements of this article apply to state agencies and to local agencies that own or opera…
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(a) (1) Any operator or excavator who negligently violates this article is subject to a civil penalt…
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(a) If a subsurface installation is damaged by an excavator as a result of failing to comply with Se…
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This article does not apply to any of the following persons: (a) An owner of real property who contr…
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(a) A permit to excavate issued by any local agency, as defined in Section 4216, or any state agency…
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(a) In lieu of the notification and locate and field mark requirements of Sections 4216.2 and 4216.3…
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On or before January 1, 2020, the board shall adopt regulations to establish minimum elements for th…
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(a) The Dig Safe Board is hereby created under, and shall be assisted by the staff of, the Office of…
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(a) The board shall be composed of nine members, of which seven shall be appointed by the Governor, …
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(a) The term of a member of the board is four years. Of the first members of the board, four members…
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The board shall meet at least once every three months. The board shall hold meetings in Sacramento a…
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The board may obtain funding for its operational expenses from: (a) A federal grant. (b) A fee charg…
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(a) The board shall annually convene a meeting for the following purposes: (1) To understand the exi…
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The board shall develop a standard or set of standards relevant to safety practices in excavating ar…
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(a) The board shall investigate possible violations of this article. (b) The board may investigate r…
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(a) For an investigation that the board undertakes as a result of a complaint of a violation of Sect…
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Consistent with all laws of this state, the board may prescribe rules and regulations as may be nece…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5, the board shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on o…
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The Safe Energy Infrastructure and Excavation Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Mone…
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To help implement the policy set forth in Section 25008 of the Public Resources Code, and to extend …
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The following terms, whenever used in this chapter, have the meanings given in this section, except …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public agency may enter into an energy service con…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public agency may enter into a facility financing cont…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the public agency may enter into contracts for the sale …
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The public agency may, but is not required to, base the findings required under Sections 4217.12 and…
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Prior to awarding or entering into an agreement or lease, the public agency may request proposals fr…
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This chapter does not limit the authority of any public agency to construct energy conservation proj…
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The provisions of this chapter shall be construed to provide the greatest possible flexibility to pu…
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The Tri-Valley-San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority, as established in Chapter 8 (commencing w…
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Notwithstanding Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 4525) of Division 5 of this code, or Part 3 (com…
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As used in this article: (a) “United States” means the United States of America, and includes any Te…
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This article does not apply to materials which are of a class or kind which are not, or which are ma…
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This article does not apply to medical and surgical instruments, scientific equipment, microscopes, …
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The provisions of this article do not apply to the purchase of sewing machines, regardless of the pl…
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The provisions of this article do not apply to the purchase of printing presses of rotary gripper sy…
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The governing body of any political subdivision, municipal corporation, or district, and any public …
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Any provision of this article to the contrary notwithstanding, any such body or person may let a con…
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Every contract for the construction, alteration or repair of public works or for the purchase of mat…
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The name of the person failing to comply, together with a report of the facts constituting the viola…
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As used in this article, “supplies” includes goods, wares, merchandise, and manufactures.
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Price, fitness, and quality being equal, any body, officer, or other person charged with the purchas…
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All State, county, or city officers, all bodies, and other persons charged with advertising for supp…
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In any advertisement for supplies no bid shall be asked for any article of a specific brand or mark …
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Public officers and bodies charged with the letting of contracts for public work, with the construct…
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As used in this article (a) “Agricultural aircraft operator” means any person who applies, from an a…
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Public officers and bodies charged with the purchase or the letting of contracts for services or sup…
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This chapter shall be known and cited as the “Emergency Termination of Public Contracts Act.”
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“Public agency,” as used in this chapter, includes the State, its various commissions, boards and de…
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In the event a national emergency occurs, and public work, being performed by contract, is stopped, …
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Such an agreement shall include the terms and conditions of the termination of the contract and prov…
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It shall be competent for any public agency to provide in the specifications for any public works co…
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(a) No state or local governmental agency and no person acting on behalf of any state or local gover…
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(a) Section 4420 does not apply to any construction or renovation project undertaken by a school dis…
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(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 4420, commencing January 1, 1999, a state agency may …
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This chapter shall not prevent the exercise by such officer or employee on behalf of the state or su…
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All provisions in any invitation for bids, or in any of the contract documents, in conflict with thi…
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(a) It is the purpose of this chapter to ensure that all buildings, structures, sidewalks, curbs, an…
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The State Architect’s regulations adopted pursuant to Section 4450 shall require that all parking sp…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this chapter shall be limited in its application t…
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It is the intent of the Legislature that the building standards published in the State Building Stan…
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The responsibility for enforcement of this chapter shall be as follows: (a) By the Director of the D…
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(a) In addition to any other inspection requirements pertaining to building standards of state and s…
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(a) Where state funds are utilized for any building or facility subject to this chapter, or where fu…
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(a) (1) A building or facility otherwise subject to this chapter that is used or intended to be used…
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The Department of Rehabilitation shall be responsible for educating the public and working with offi…
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All new elevators in public buildings or facilities after the operative date of the act that amended…
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After the effective date of this section, any building or facility which would have been subject to …
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On or after January 1, 1986, all portable buildings purchased, leased, or constructed by a school di…
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The district attorney, the city attorney, the county counsel if the district attorney does not bring…
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(a) The State Architect shall develop amendments for building regulations and submit them to the Cal…
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(a) The State Architect shall establish and publicize a program for voluntary certification by the s…
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The State Architect shall appoint an ad hoc advisory committee to assist in developing the requireme…
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(a) (1) No later than October 31 of each year, the State Architect shall publish and make available …
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(a) The certification authorized by Section 4459.5 is effective for three years from the date of ini…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is essential that detectable warning and directional …
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If a violation of Section 4450, 4450.5, 4451, 4452, 4453.5, 4454, 4455, 4455.5, 4456, 4457, 4459, or…
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(a) There is hereby established in the Division of the State Architect a Disability Access and Educa…
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(a) (1) On and after January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2017, inclusive, any applicant for a loca…
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(a) On and after January 1, 2013, each city, county, or city and county shall provide to an applican…
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(a) In addition to the information required by Section 4469, each city, county, or city and county t…
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(a) All funds received by the Division of the State Architect under this chapter shall be deposited …
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“State agency,” as used in this chapter, means any state agency defined in Section 11000, which is a…
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“Person,” as used in this chapter means any individual, corporation, association, or any other entit…
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No state agency shall enter into any contract for the purchase of supplies, equipment, or services f…
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The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to contracts with a dollar value below the required l…
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Each state agency shall exercise due diligence in determining whether or not one or more persons hav…
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The provisions of this chapter shall not apply when a person otherwise prohibited from contracting w…
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Each local agency or board set forth in Section 4477 shall notify within seven days after determinat…
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The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to contracts executed prior to the effective date of …
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(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any statute, rule, regulation, decision, or pronouncement to t…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) “Firm” means any i…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, selection by a state or local agency head for profession…
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A state agency head entering into a contract pursuant to this chapter shall, in addition to any othe…
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In the procurement of architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental, land surve…
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(a) When the selection is by a state agency head the following procedures shall apply: (1) The state…
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This chapter shall not apply where the state or local agency head determines that the services neede…
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Any individual or firm proposing to provide construction project management services pursuant to thi…
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For purposes of Article XXII of the California Constitution and this act, the term “architectural an…
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All projects included in the State Transportation Improvement Program programmed and funded as inter…
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All architectural and engineering services shall be procured pursuant to a fair, competitive selecti…
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Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to change project design standards, seismic safety …
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Architectural and engineering services contracts procured by public agencies shall be subject to sta…
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This act only applies to architectural and engineering services defined in Government Code Section 4…
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This act shall not be applied in a manner that will result in the loss of federal funding to any gov…
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The provisions of this act are severable. If any provision of this act or its application is held in…
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If any act of the Legislature conflicts with the provisions of this act, this act shall prevail.
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This act shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes.
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This act seeks to comprehensively regulate the matters which are contained within its provisions. Th…
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This chapter shall be known as the “Target Area Contract Preference Act.”
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The Legislature hereby declares that it serves a public purpose, and is of benefit to the state, to …
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As used in this chapter: (a) “California-based company” means either of the following: (1) A busines…
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(a) Whenever the state prepares a solicitation for a contract for goods in excess of one hundred tho…
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Where a bidder complies with the provisions of Section 4533 or 4534, or the worksite or worksites wh…
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(a) In evaluating proposals for contracts for services in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($1…
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All state contracts issued to bidders who are awarded preferences under this chapter shall contain c…
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A business that requests and is given the preference provided for in Section 4533, 4533.1, 4534, or …
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(a) The maximum preference and incentive a bidder may be awarded pursuant to this chapter and any ot…
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The Department of General Services, with the cooperation of the Employment Development Department, t…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Public purchase” means a purchase by means of competitive bids of good…
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In submitting a bid to a public purchasing body, the bidder offers and agrees that if the bid is acc…
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If an awarding body or public purchasing body receives, either through judgment or settlement, a mon…
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Upon demand in writing by the assignor, the assignee shall, within one year from such demand, reassi…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a substantial need to provide adequate child ca…
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Child care facilities for the employees of the California State University and Colleges and the Univ…
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This chapter shall not apply to the design of new state office buildings, additions, alterations, or…
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(a) Sections 4560, 4561, and 4562 are not applicable to any state-owned transportation facility. (b)…
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The owner of any coupon bond, or of any bond payable to bearer, issued by the State, or any county, …
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The treasurer, or officer performing the duties of treasurer, shall cut off and cancel the coupons o…
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The statement may be in substantially the following form: (Date, giving month, year, and day.) This …
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After any bond is registered, the principal and interest of the bond are payable to the registered o…
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The treasurer, or other officer performing the duties of treasurer, shall keep in his office a book …
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After a bond is registered it may be transferred from time to time by the registered owner, in perso…
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Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any law or municipal charter authorizing the issuan…
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Any legislative or governing body which authorizes the issuance of bonds of any county, city and cou…
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The treasurer, or officer performing the duties of treasurer, of any county, district, municipal cor…
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All moneys received by the State Treasurer under this chapter shall be paid monthly into the State T…
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This chapter may be cited as the Registered Public Obligations Act of California.
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As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context otherwi…
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(a) The code provides that interest with respect to certain obligations may not be exempt from feder…
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(a) Each issuer is authorized to establish and maintain a system of registration with respect to eac…
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(a) A certificated registered public obligation shall be executed by the issuer by the manual or fac…
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(a) Any certificated registered public obligation signed by the authorized officers at the time of t…
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When a seal is required or permitted in the execution of any certificated registered public obligati…
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(a) An issuer may appoint for such term as may be agreed, including for so long as a registered publ…
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(a) An issuer, prior to or at original issuance of registered public obligations, may provide as a p…
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Obligations issued by public entities under the laws of this state, which are in registered form, wh…
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(a) Records, with regard to the ownership of or security interests in registered public obligations,…
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(a) Unless at any time prior to or at original issuance of a registered public obligation the offici…
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This chapter shall be construed in conjunction with the Uniform Commercial Code and the principles o…
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This chapter shall be liberally construed to the end that the purpose hereof may be made effective.
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As used in this chapter, “bonds” means State, county, municipal, or other public corporation or dist…
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As used in this chapter, “guarantor” means the person or persons guaranteeing the payment of bonds, …
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As used in this chapter, “issuing body” means the State, any subdivision thereof, municipality, publ…
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As used in this chapter, “order” means declaration, proclamation, or order of any officer or court h…
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Whenever by operation of law or by order the bonded indebtedness of any issuing body is reduced in a…
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Whenever by operation of law or by order any issuing body defaults in the payment of its bonded inde…
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The relief of guarantors is limited to the extent of defaults in principal, interest, or both princi…
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If the guarantors function in the capacity of trustee or if the custody of the bonds is in the posse…
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As used in this chapter, “bond” means any bond and the interest coupons attached thereto issued by a…
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As used in this chapter, “public body” means any county, city, district, or any other political subd…
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(a) Wherever any statute requires that any bond issued by a public body be signed, manually by two o…
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Whenever under any law of this State, or under the provisions of any ordinance, resolution or order,…
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If any officer or deputy whose signature, countersignature or attestation appears on bonds or coupon…
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“Public body” as used in this chapter means any county, city and county, city, public district, publ…
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“Bonds” as used in this chapter means any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness the principal and…
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“Governing body” as used in this chapter means the board of supervisors, city council, board of dire…
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When bonds to be issued by or on behalf of a public body have been authorized by an election or othe…
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If at any time following the levy of the tax or assessment authorized by Section 5403, the board, co…
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(a) “Bonds” means any bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, commercial paper, or other evidences of…
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(a) A pledge of collateral by any public body to secure, directly or indirectly, the payment of the …
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(a) All obligations of the West Contra Costa Healthcare District in connection with any and all cert…
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(a) All obligations of the Palm Drive Health Care District in connection with any and all certificat…
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(a) (1) All obligations of the City of Alameda Health Care District in connection with any and all c…
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize new or increased authority to issue bonds.
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Public security” means a bond, note, certificate of indebtedness, or o…
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Any authorized officer may, after filing with the Secretary of State his manual signature certified …
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When the seal of this State or any of its departments, agencies, or other instrumentalities, or of a…
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Any person who with intent to defraud uses on a public security or an instrument of payment; (a) A f…
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This act shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of state…
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This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Facsimile Signature of Public Officials Act.
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If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held in…
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“Public body” as used in this chapter means any county, city and county, city, public district, publ…
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“Bonds” as used in this chapter means bonds, warrants, notes and other evidences of indebtedness iss…
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“Governing body” means a board of supervisors, city council, board of directors or other legislative…
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Any provision of law specifying the maximum or minimum denomination of bonds to the contrary notwith…
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A governing body, in its ordinance, resolution or order providing for the issuance of any bonds, may…
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As used in this chapter, “public securities” means any issue of bonds, notes, warrants or other evid…
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As used in this chapter, “public body” means any county, city and county, city, municipal corporatio…
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No public body shall enter into any contract which provides that such public body shall be furnished…
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“Bonds” as used in this chapter means (a) any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued after …
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The provisions of this chapter apply to every bond regardless of any other provision of law or any p…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) There is a growing need for the state t…
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The Treasurer may sell California savings bonds in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.…
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(a) A person who redeems California savings bonds and who has owned the bonds for at least five year…
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The general authority of the Treasurer to sell bonds, as provided in this chapter, is intended to be…
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As used in this chapter, “nonprofit corporation” means any nonprofit corporation formed under the Co…
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As used in this chapter, “joint powers authority” means any entity defined in Section 6542.
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As used in this chapter, “issuer” means a nonprofit corporation, a joint powers authority or a parki…
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As used in this chapter, “public body” means any county, city and county, city, municipal corporatio…
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As used in this chapter, “securities” means any bonds, notes, warrants or other evidences of indebte…
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As used in this chapter, “public project” means any land, structure, facility or equipment or other …
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As used in this chapter, “public leaseback” means any lease by a public body of all or any part of a…
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(a) Before selling any securities, any issuer shall advertise such securities for sale at public sal…
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All securities as defined in Section 5805, and all bonds, notes, warrants or other evidences of inde…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Bonds” means any bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness or other e…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law specifying that interest on bonds is payable semiannually…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law specifying that bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resol…
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(a) (1) Prior to authorization of the issuance of bonds with a term greater than 13 months pursuant …
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The general authority provided in this chapter is intended to be in addition to, and not limited by,…
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Section 3 of Article XIII C of the California Constitution, as adopted at the November 5, 1996, gene…
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As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Conduit financing” means the issuance…
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A conduit financing provider shall make the following information available on its Internet Web site…
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(a) When an audit of a conduit financing provider’s accounts and records is required by law, in addi…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The ability of the state and local gove…
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It is the intent of the Legislature that state and local governments be provided with the powers and…
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As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the…
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If, prior to issuing any bonds, the legislative body determines that the interest payable on the bon…
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Section 5903 shall apply to any bonds the interest on which will not be subject to federal income ta…
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The state or a local government may take any actions, and enter into any agreements, necessary or ap…
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One or more state or local governments may cause to be formed, and may acquire all, but not less tha…
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Any bonds issued by a state or local government pursuant to this chapter, or otherwise, and the purc…
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This chapter shall not affect bonds approved by the voters of the state or local government issuer p…
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The authority conferred by this chapter includes the authority to enter into any and all contracts i…
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To the extent that the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with any other provision of gener…
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The Legislature finds and declares that the incurring or carrying of obligations and making and mana…
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As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply, unless the context otherwise indicates or …
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For purposes of this chapter, in addition to any other authorization provided by law, the Treasurer …
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all of the following apply: (a) (1) In connection with, …
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(a) To the extent that this chapter is inconsistent with any other general statute or special act or…
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 13340, there is hereby continuously appropriated without regard to f…
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The purchase or other acquisition of bonds by or on behalf of the state or local government that iss…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Accredited investor” has the meaning specified in Rule 501 of the Secu…
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It is unlawful for any person to offer or sell in an issuer transaction in this state, or otherwise …
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Any consent granted by a local agency under Section 5951 shall be conclusively evidenced by a resolu…
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No local agency that consents to an offer or sale of a security that constitutes a fractional intere…
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Any person who violates this chapter shall upon conviction be fined not more than ten million dollar…
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The obtaining of local agency consent to an offer or sale of a security under Section 5951 shall not…
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Local governmental agencies have experienced a significant decrease in available tax revenues to fun…
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It is the intent of the Legislature that local governmental agencies have the authority and flexibil…
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It is the intent of the Legislature that this chapter be construed as creating a new and independent…
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(a) For purposes of this chapter, “governmental agency” includes a city, county, city and county, in…
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A governmental agency may solicit proposals and enter into agreements with private entities for the …
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Notwithstanding Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 4525) of Division 5, or Part 2 (commencing with …
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(a) For purposes of facilitating projects, the agreements specified in Section 5956.4 may include pr…
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(a) The governmental agency may exercise any power possessed by it with respect to the development a…
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The plans and specifications for each project constructed pursuant to this chapter shall comply with…
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In order to use the authority conferred by this chapter to the maximum extent, a governmental agency…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, neither the state or any state agency shall…
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As used in this chapter, the following phrases have the following meanings: (a) “Person” means any b…
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In selecting any person to provide underwriting services, including financial, advisory or other fin…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Best interests of the city” means a procurement process that is determ…
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(a) The city may contract and procure the project pursuant to this chapter. (b) The city shall evalu…
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(a) The project is subject to compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 …
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The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is…
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The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is necessary and that a general law cannot be …
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A “newspaper of general circulation” is a newspaper published for the dissemination of local or tele…
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A newspaper devoted to the interests, or published for the entertainment or instruction of a particu…
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For a newspaper to be “established,” it shall have been in existence under a specified name during t…
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For a newspaper to be “printed,” the mechanical work of producing it, that is the work of typesettin…
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For a newspaper to be “published,” it shall have been issued from the place where it is printed and …
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In order to qualify as a newspaper of general circulation the newspaper, if either printed or publis…
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“Printed” and “published” are not synonymous. Each relates to separate acts or functions necessary t…
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Nothing in this chapter alters the standing of any newspaper which, prior to the passage of Chapter …
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The status of a newspaper of general circulation remains unchanged in the event that the publication…
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(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a newspaper is a “newspaper of general cir…
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Whenever a newspaper desires to have its standing as a newspaper of general circulation ascertained …
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The petition or the substance thereof, together with a notice that the petitioner intends on a named…
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Upon proof of the publication of the petition and notice, the court shall set the petition for heari…
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The court shall hear the proofs of the petitioner and contestant, if there be any. Within 10 days th…
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(1) The decision and judgment may be vacated, modified or set aside by the court on its own motion, …
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All publications made in a newspaper during the period it was adjudged to be a newspaper of general …
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An appeal may be taken to the supreme court from any final decision or judgment, or from any final o…
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On and after July 1, 1952, a newspaper shall not be in fact or in law a newspaper of general circula…
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Whenever any official advertising, notice, resolution, order, or other matter of any nature whatsoev…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 6040, notice shall be given of ordinances enacted to authorize issuance …
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As used in any law of this State providing for any publication, or notice by publication, or officia…
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Whenever any publication, or notice by publication, or official advertising is required by any law o…
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Any officer who gives or makes any publication, notice by publication, or official advertising pursu…
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Where no newspaper of general circulation is published within the jurisdiction of the officer, then …
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All such publications, notices by publication, or official advertisements shall be set in type not s…
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State, county or city officers, officers of political subdivisions, and officers of courts who viola…
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Whenever any law provides that publication of notice shall be made pursuant to a designated section …
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Publication of notice pursuant to this section shall be for one time.
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Publication of notice pursuant to this section shall be for three successive times.
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Publication of notice pursuant to this section shall be for 10 days. The period of notice commences …
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Publication of notice pursuant to this section shall be once a week for four successive weeks. Four …
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Publication of notice pursuant to this section shall be once a week for eight successive weeks. Eigh…
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Publication of notice pursuant to this section shall be once a week for two successive weeks. Two pu…
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As used in this article, “newspaper” includes weekly newspaper, magazine, periodical or other public…
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The publisher or owner of any newspaper published in the foreign language of any enemy nation shall …
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Upon request the publisher shall furnish to the Attorney General or to the district attorney of the …
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Any person violating this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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This chapter governs any statute requiring publication of notice in a public notice district.
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A notice published or posted in a manner that is contrary to the provisions of this chapter shall no…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 6027, a judicial decree establishing a newspaper as a newspaper of gener…
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(a) Alameda County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Alameda District, which is co…
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Alpine County contains a single, countywide public notice district.
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Amador County contains a single, countywide public notice district.
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(a) Butte County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Biggs District, which is compri…
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(a) Calaveras County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Angels-Murphys District, wh…
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(a) Colusa County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Colusa District, which is comp…
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(a) Contra Costa County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Antioch District, which …
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(a) Del Norte County contains the Crescent District public notice district, which is comprised of Cr…
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(a) El Dorado County contains the following public notice districts: (1) El Dorado District, which i…
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(a) Fresno County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Clovis District, which is comp…
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(a) Glenn County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Orland District, which is compr…
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(a) Humboldt County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Arcata District, which is co…
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(a) Imperial County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Brawley District, which is c…
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(a) Inyo County contains the Northern Inyo District public notice district, which is comprised of th…
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(a) Kern County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Arvin-Lamont District, which is …
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(a) Kings County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Avenal District, which is compr…
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(a) Lake County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Clearlake Highlands District, wh…
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(a) Lassen County contains the Westwood-Honey Lake District public notice district, which is compris…
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(a) Los Angeles County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Alhambra District, which …
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(a) Madera County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Chowchilla District, which is …
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(a) Marin County contains the Central District public notice district, which is comprised of the Cit…
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Mariposa County contains a single, countywide public notice district.
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(a) Mendocino County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Arena District, which is co…
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(a) Merced County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Atwater District, which is com…
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(a) Modoc County contains the Alturas District public notice district, which is comprised of the Cit…
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Mono County contains a single, countywide public notice district.
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(a) Monterey County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Castroville-Pajaro District,…
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(a) Napa County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Calistoga District, which is com…
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(a) Nevada County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Grass Valley District, which i…
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(a) Orange County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Central Orange County District…
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(a) Placer County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Auburn District, which is comp…
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(a) Plumas County contains the Beckwourth District public notice district, which is comprised of the…
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(a) Riverside County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Beaumont District, which is…
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(a) Sacramento County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Elk Grove-Galt District, w…
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(a) San Benito County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Hollister District, which …
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(a) San Bernardino County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Barstow District, whic…
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(a) San Diego County contains the following public notice districts: (1) El Cajon District, which is…
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The City and County of San Francisco contains a single, countywide public notice district.
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(a) San Joaquin County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Lodi District, which is c…
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(a) San Luis Obispo County contains the following public notice districts: (1) First District, which…
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(a) San Mateo County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Central District, which is …
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(a) Santa Barbara County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Carpinteria-Montecito D…
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(a) Santa Clara County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Gilroy-Morgan Hill Distri…
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Santa Cruz County contains a single, countywide public notice district.
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(a) Shasta County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Anderson District, which is co…
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Sierra County contains a single, countywide public notice district.
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(a) Siskiyou County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Dorris District, which is co…
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(a) Solano County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Benicia District, which is com…
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(a) Sonoma County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Central Sonoma County District…
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(a) Stanislaus County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Ceres District, which is c…
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(a) Sutter County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Butte District, which is compr…
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(a) Tehama County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Corning District, which is com…
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Trinity County contains a single, countywide public notice district.
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(a) Tulare County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Dinuba District, which is comp…
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(a) Tuolumne County contains the Sonora District public notice district, which is comprised of the C…
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Ventura County contains a single, countywide public notice district.
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(a) Yolo County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Davis District, which is compris…
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(a) Yuba County contains the following public notice districts: (1) Marysville District, which is co…
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It is the public policy in this state that public administrative agencies exist to aid in the conduc…
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Radio and television stations shall be permitted to broadcast and telecast, either directly or by me…
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Officers of the state, or of a county or judicial district, shall not perform any official services …
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No fee shall be charged in proceedings upon habeas corpus.
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(a) Neither the state nor any county, city, district, or other political subdivision, nor any public…
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Section 6103 does not apply to any fee or charge for official services required by Parts 2 (commenci…
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(a) Section 6103 does not apply to any fee or charge or expense for official services rendered by a …
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(a) (1) For any order or injunction described in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 6103.2,…
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Section 6103 does not apply to any fee or charge for official services required by any of the follow…
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(a) Whenever a judgment is recovered by a public agency named in Section 6103, either as plaintiff o…
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Section 6103 does not apply to any fee or charge for official services established by a city or coun…
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Section 6103 does not apply to any fee or charge for official services established by a city, county…
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(a) Sections 6103 and 27383 do not apply to any fee or charge for recording full releases executed o…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in this section, the local child …
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(a) Section 6103 does not apply to any fee or charges required to be paid to the Director of Toxic S…
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Section 6103 does not apply to any fee or charge for official services required by Title 7.3 (commen…
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Section 6103 does not apply to any fee charged by a county clerk or county recorder, or clerk of the…
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Whenever an oath or affidavit is necessary in order that the State or any political subdivision ther…
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Whenever an oath or affidavit is necessary in order that a person may obtain charity or relief from …
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Neither the State, nor any county or city, nor any public officer or body acting in his official cap…
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(a) A public entity, including the state, a county, city, or other political subdivision, or any off…
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No officer of a county or judicial district shall charge or receive any fee or compensation for admi…
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Every officer of a county or judicial district, upon receiving any fees for official duty or service…
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Upon payment of the fees required by law, the officer shall perform the services required. For every…
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(a) On and after July 1, 2021, the unpaid balance of any court-imposed costs pursuant to Section 277…
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Any officer of a county who is not specifically authorized by statute so to do may be authorized by …
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As used in this chapter, “negotiable paper” means bank checks and drafts and express and post-office…
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Any local officer, office, agency or unit which collects or receives taxes, fees, charges or any fun…
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The acceptance of negotiable paper pursuant to this chapter constitutes payment of any amount owing …
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(a) If, pursuant to another provision of law, a bank account has been authorized for the use of the …
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Any negotiable paper redeemed by or charged back to the county treasurer by reason of nonpayment sha…
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If any negotiable paper is not paid on due presentment for any reason, any record of payment made by…
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When a cancellation is made, the officer making it shall enter it in the accounting records of his o…
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(a) The state, and each city, whether general law or chartered, county, and district, each subdivisi…
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(a) The following definitions apply for purposes of this section: (1) “Credit card” means a card, pl…
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The Legislature finds and declares that there are costs associated with all forms of payment, includ…
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For the purposes of this chapter: (a) “Cardholder” means a person making a payment to a state agency…
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(a) Except as provided in Section 6159, the Director of General Services, or his or her designee, ma…
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(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), all state agencies shall accept payment made b…
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No officer or employee of a state agency, or other individual, who in the course of his or her emplo…
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The Department of General Services and state agencies shall enter into interagency agreements to rei…
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Any state agency accepting payment by a means of credit card, whether pursuant to this chapter or Se…
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Every officer having the custody of any record, map, or book, or of any paper or proceeding of any c…
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Every person not an officer referred to in Section 6200, who is guilty of any of the acts specified …
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(a) Every officer authorized by law to make or give any certificate or other writing is guilty of a …
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(a) For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Archivist” means the C…
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(a) If a person, organization, or institution that receives a written notice and demand from the sec…
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(a) If a local agency has reasonable grounds to believe that a record belonging to that local agency…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an organization or institution having physi…
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In an action brought pursuant to this chapter, the court may award reasonable attorney’s fees and co…
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(a) The Legislature finds that persons attempting to escape from actual or threatened domestic viole…
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(a) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout …
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(a) An adult person, a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor, or a guardian acting on behal…
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Certification as a program participant shall not be evidence that minor children in the participant’…
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The Secretary of State shall keep confidential name changes of program participants obtained pursuan…
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Upon termination of a program participant’s certification, the Secretary of State shall retain recor…
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(a) A program participant may withdraw from program participation by submitting to the Secretary of …
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(a) A program participant may request that state and local agencies use the address designated by th…
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A program participant who is otherwise qualified to vote may seek to register and vote in a confiden…
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The Secretary of State may not make a program participant’s address, other than the address designat…
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(a) (1) No person, business, association, or other entity shall knowingly and intentionally publicly…
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(a) (1) No person shall post on the internet or any other public space, with the intent that another…
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(a) The Secretary of State shall designate state and local agencies and nonprofit agencies that prov…
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The Secretary of State may adopt rules to facilitate the administration of this chapter by state and…
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(a) The Secretary of State shall provide each program participant a notice in clear and conspicuous …
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Commencing January 1, 2023, the Secretary of State shall maintain information about the program, con…
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(a) Nothing in this chapter, nor participation in this program, affects custody or visitation orders…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 7550.5, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Legislature, no later…
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The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Persons working in the reproductive health car…
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Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this…
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(a) An adult person, a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor, or a guardian acting on behal…
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(a) The Secretary of State shall cancel certification of a program participant who fails to disclose…
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(a) A program participant may withdraw from program participation by submitting to the Secretary of …
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(a) A program participant may request that state and local agencies use the address designated by th…
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A program participant who is otherwise qualified to vote may seek to register and vote in a confiden…
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The Secretary of State may not make a program participant’s address, other than the address designat…
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The Secretary of State shall designate state and local agencies and nonprofit agencies that may assi…
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The Secretary of State may adopt rules to facilitate the administration of this chapter by state and…
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(a) A person, business, or association shall not publicly post or publicly display on the Internet t…
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The Secretary of State shall provide each program participant a notice in clear and conspicuous font…
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(a) The Secretary of State shall submit to the Legislature, no later than January 10 of each year, a…
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(a) (1) A person, business, or association shall not knowingly publicly post or publicly display, di…
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(a) (1) A person shall not post on the internet or social media, with the intent that another person…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Designated health care services”…
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(a) Each department, commission, office, or other administrative agency of state government shall wr…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Act of Congress” means the act of Congress approved June 18, 1934, tit…
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(a) A public corporation may apply for the privilege of establishing, operating, and maintaining a f…
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Any public or private corporation authorized by this chapter to apply and whose application is grant…
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(a) There is in state government the International Genocide Memorial Commission composed of nine mem…
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(a) The construction of a memorial to California’s genocide survivors in the Capitol Historic Region…
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With respect to the design and construction of the memorial, the commission may do all of the follow…
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(a) No state moneys shall be expended for any of the purposes specified in this chapter. Funds for t…
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As used in this article, “public agency” includes, but is not limited to, the federal government or …
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Joint Exercise of Powers Act.
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This article does not authorize any state officer, board, commission, department, or other state age…
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If authorized by their legislative or other governing bodies, two or more public agencies by agreeme…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 6502 or any other law, a public agency with the authority to provide ret…
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For purposes of cogovernance and comanagement agreements entered into pursuant to Section 11019.82, …
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In addition to any power common to its member districts, the Resource Conservation Energy Joint Powe…
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(a) If authorized by their legislative or other governing bodies, two or more public agencies which …
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The agreements shall state the purpose of the agreement or the power to be exercised. They shall pro…
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The parties to the agreement may provide that (a) contributions from the treasuries may be made for …
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(a) The agreement shall provide for strict accountability of all funds and report of all receipts an…
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The contracting parties to an agreement made pursuant to this chapter shall designate the public off…
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The agency or entity provided by the agreement to administer or execute the agreement may be one or …
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The agency shall possess the common power specified in the agreement and may exercise it in the mann…
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(a) If the agency is not one or more of the parties to the agreement but is a public entity, commiss…
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(a) (1) Prior to filing a notice of termination pursuant to Section 20570 or 20571, or a decision by…
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Such power is subject to the restrictions upon the manner of exercising the power of one of the cont…
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Any separate agency or entity created pursuant to this chapter shall have the power to invest any mo…
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The agreement may be continued for a definite term or until rescinded or terminated. The agreement m…
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The agreement shall provide for the disposition, division, or distribution of any property acquired …
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The agreement shall provide that after the completion of its purpose, any surplus money on hand shal…
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If the purpose set forth in the agreement is the acquisition, construction or operation of a revenue…
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If the purpose set forth in the agreement is to pool the self-insurance claims of two or more local …
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All of the privileges and immunities from liability, exemptions from laws, ordinances and rules, all…
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A state department or agency concerned with the provisions of services or facilities to persons with…
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Any public agency may enter into agreements with other state agencies pursuant to the provisions of …
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In addition to other powers, any agency, commission or board provided for by a joint powers agreemen…
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Public agencies conducting agricultural, livestock, industrial, cultural, or other types of fairs or…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a joint powers agency established in Orange County pursu…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a joint powers agency established pursuant to a join…
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Any two or more harbor agencies may establish a joint powers authority pursuant to Part 1 (commencin…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Department of General Services may ente…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Community Redevelopment Agency of the C…
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(a) A joint powers agency, without being subject to any limitations of any party to the joint powers…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State of California does hereby pledge to, and agree…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the Board of Supervisors of Siskiyou County and th…
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(a) The West Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, a joint powers entity that is created pursuant to…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Selma Community Hospital, a private, no…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a nonprofit hospital in the County of Tuolu…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a nonprofit hospital in the County of San D…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit children’s hospital in a c…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a mutual water company may enter into a joi…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where two or more health care districts have joined …
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A charter school, including a charter school organized pursuant to Section 47604 of the Education Co…
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(a) (1) The Elk Valley Rancheria Tribal Council, as the governing body of the Elk Valley Rancheria, …
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(a) Any joint powers authority that includes a federally recognized Indian tribe shall not have the …
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the best interest of the communities located in…
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(a) The board of directors of the Eastern Water Alliance Joint Powers Agency may grant available fun…
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(a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Prison Inmate Health Service Re…
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Any entity that is established pursuant to a joint powers agreement authorized under this article th…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit corporation that conducts …
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(a) The Legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the communities on the Monterey Peninsu…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, one or more private, nonprofit mutual benef…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, one or more private, nonprofit mutual benef…
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Notwithstanding any other law, the composition of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Fire A…
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, two or more local agencies may enter into a joint powers agre…
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the County of Orange and any of the cities within the County …
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the County of Los Angeles and any or all of the cities within…
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the County of Riverside and any of the cities located within …
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the Cities of Burbank, Glendale, and Pasadena may enter into …
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the County of Los Angeles and any or all of the cities within…
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(a) Notwithstanding any law, for purposes of streamlining the return of land use authority to the Co…
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As used in this article “bonds” means revenue bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness.
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“Bondholder” or “holder of bonds” or any similar term, as used in this article, shall mean any perso…
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“Entity” as used in this article means any agency, board or commission provided for by a joint power…
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“Fair and exhibition authority,” as used in this article, means an entity created by a joint powers …
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“Local agency” as used in this article means any public agency designated in Section 6500 other than…
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“Governing body” as used in this article means the board or commission provided for by a joint power…
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“Indenture” as used in this article means the instrument providing the terms and conditions for the …
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“Project” as used in this article includes buildings, structures, improvements and all facilities ap…
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In addition to other powers, any agency, commission, or board provided for by a joint powers agreeme…
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In the County of Los Angeles, any agency, commission, or board provided for by joint powers agreemen…
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In addition to other powers, any agency, commission or board provided for by joint powers agreement …
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any local agency entering into one or more leases or ren…
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The governing body of any local agency adopting an ordinance pursuant to Section 6546.3 shall call a…
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For purposes of an agency, commission, or board that is authorized pursuant to subdivision (g) of Se…
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For purposes of an agency, commission, or board that is authorized pursuant to subdivision (g) of Se…
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In addition to any other powers, any agency, commission, or board provided for by joint powers agree…
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Public agencies may enter into a joint powers agreement for the purposes of creating a fair and exhi…
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In addition to other powers, any joint powers entity created to exercise the powers granted by Chapt…
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In any county with a population determined by the last official census of 4,000,000 or more, any age…
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(a) The Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, or its successor organization, may issue revenue …
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The power of the entity to issue revenue bonds is additional to the powers common to the parties to …
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Any entity which shall have been authorized to exercise the power to issue revenue bonds pursuant to…
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Notice of the enactment of an ordinance subject to referendum under Section 6547 shall be published …
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In the event that an ordinance enacted pursuant to Section 6547 authorizing the entity to issue reve…
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Except for the requirement of an ordinance and the right to referendum thereon, the amendments to Se…
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A joint powers entity created pursuant to this chapter may issue revenue bonds pursuant to this arti…
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A joint powers entity created pursuant to this chapter may incur other forms of indebtedness pursuan…
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A joint powers entity created pursuant to this chapter may issue mortgage revenue bonds pursuant to …
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No member of the governing body of the authority shall be personally liable on the bonds or be subje…
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The Treasurer is designated as an elected representative for federal tax purposes of a joint powers …
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The revenue bonds may be issued to provide all or any part of the funds required for the acquisition…
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The level of fees or charges imposed by, or on behalf of, an agency or entity for the issuance of bo…
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An indenture providing the terms and conditions for the issuance of the bonds and the covenants rela…
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The principal and interest of the bonds shall be payable: (a) First, out of the revenue derived from…
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Revenue bonds issued under this article and contracts or obligations entered into to carry out the p…
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All bonds issued by the entity shall contain a recital on their face that neither the payment of the…
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The indenture authorizing the issuance of the bonds shall recite the objects and purposes for which …
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The indenture authorizing the issuance of such bonds shall provide the denomination or denominations…
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In the indenture authorizing the issuance of said bonds the governing body may also fix additional t…
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Said indenture may provide the terms and conditions under which said bonds may be paid, redeemed bef…
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Said indenture may include covenants or other provisions relating to the bonds issued thereunder req…
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The indenture may include covenants or other provisions, other than or in lieu of the provisions req…
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The indenture may include a covenant or other provision relating to the insurance upon such project,…
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The indenture may include a covenant or other provision containing prohibitions against or limitatio…
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The indenture may contain covenants or other provisions providing for prohibitions against or limita…
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The indenture may contain covenants or other provisions whereby the consent or agreement of a stated…
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The indenture may provide for the issuance of a duplicate in the manner and upon such terms and cond…
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The indenture may include a covenant or provision against the entering into of any agreement which i…
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The indenture may provide for events of default and the terms upon which the bonds may be declared d…
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The indenture may provide for the rights, liabilities, powers and duties arising upon the entity’s b…
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The indenture may provide for a fiscal agent and the deposit of funds therewith.
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The indenture may contain any other provision or covenant valid under the Constitutions of the State…
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The indenture authorizing the issuance of said bonds and all resolutions or orders in the proceeding…
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Any bonds issued under this act shall be payable within not more than forty (40) years from the date…
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The bonds shall be issued and sold as the governing body may determine and for not less than par and…
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Any joint powers agency which, prior to January 1, 1972, has issued revenue bonds pursuant to Sectio…
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The bonds shall be secured by a pledge of and lien upon the revenues of the project described in the…
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So long as any bonds or interest coupons thereof are outstanding and unpaid, the revenues and intere…
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The entity shall operate, maintain and preserve the project in good repair and working order, and sh…
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All bonds and the interest thereon or income therefrom are exempt from all taxation in this State ot…
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The entity may provide for the issuance, sale or exchange of refunding bonds for the purpose of rede…
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Funding or refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to provide funds for the p…
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This article shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
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In addition to the revenue bonds authorized by this article, an agency or entity established pursuan…
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In addition to the revenue bonds authorized by this article and in addition to other powers, any age…
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As used in this article, the following words shall have the following meanings: (a) “Joint county pa…
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A joint county park board may designate the sheriff of any one of the counties as the park sheriff. …
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Upon the designation of a park sheriff in the manner provided in Section 6581, and until such time a…
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The provisions of this article applicable to a park sheriff, if one has been designated, shall apply…
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985.
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) That there is a critical need within th…
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All of the following definitions govern the construction and interpretation of this article: (a) (1)…
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It is the Legislature’s intent that this article be used to assist local agencies in financing publi…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 6587, an authority, or any entity acting on behalf of or for the benefit…
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(a) A copy of the resolution adopted by an authority authorizing bonds or any issuance of bonds, or …
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This article does not limit any other law authorizing, or providing for, the financing of public cap…
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In addition to other powers specified in an agreement pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section…
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(a) An authority that was in existence at the time of the enactment of this section may purchase, wi…
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(a) An authority that was in existence on July 28, 2009, may purchase, with the proceeds of its bond…
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(a) An authority whose financing activities are limited to financing utility projects and projects f…
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(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Water Bill Savings Act. (b) For purposes of …
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An authority may enter into a bond purchase agreement with a local agency or agencies. The bond purc…
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The authority may, from time to time, issue its bonds in the principal amount as the authority deter…
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(a) In the case of bonds issued by an authority to acquire local obligations, the offering documents…
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(a) An authority shall solicit at least three bids, and select the highest bid, for any guaranteed i…
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(a) The authority is authorized from time to time to issue bonds to provide funds to achieve its pur…
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(a) No broker, dealer, municipal securities dealer, or other firm that underwrites a bond issue of a…
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Any resolution authorizing any bonds or any issue of bonds may contain the following provisions, whi…
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A resolution authorizing bonds or any issuance of bonds or accepting the benefit of any bonds or the…
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(a) No bonds issued by any local agency shall be purchased pursuant to this article by an authority …
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No member of the governing body of the authority shall be personally liable on the bonds or be subje…
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The authority may, out of any funds available therefor, purchase its bonds. The authority may hold, …
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Any bonds issued under this article may be secured by a trust agreement between the authority and a …
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(a) The authority may issue bonds for the purpose of refunding any bonds, notes, or other securities…
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Bonds issued by the authority are legal investments for all trust funds, the funds of all insurance …
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(a) The authority is not required to pay any property taxes or assessments upon, or with respect to,…
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The State of California does hereby pledge to, and agrees with, the holders of any bonds issued unde…
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All public capital improvements financed by the authority shall pay interest within a reasonable tim…
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All public capital improvements financed by the authority shall be constructed or completed subject …
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Interest earned on any bonds issued by the authority shall at all times be free from state personal …
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Local agencies may request advice from the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission pursua…
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(a) In an action filed pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of …
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(a) The legislative body shall, no later than 30 days prior to the sale of any bonds pursuant to thi…
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Pursuant to Section 6 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, local agencies may enter into a…
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Notwithstanding Sections 863 and 869 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the Attorney General or the Tre…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Local agency” means any city, county, city and county, school district…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an action may be brought under Chapter 9 (commencing wit…
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In addition to the powers specified in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500), the authority may i…
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) applies to th…
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The authority is not a state agency and has no power at any time or in any manner to pledge the cred…
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The authority shall be organized and administered by a board of directors. The original board shall …
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There shall not be any liability in an individual or private capacity on the part of the board of di…
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The authority shall be operated on an actuarially sound basis and become neither more nor less than …
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The board shall do all of the following: (a) Develop, promulgate, and effectuate loss prevention pro…
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All those local agencies that request membership in the authority and meet the standards established…
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The authority may only cover risks to the extent that liability on any one occurrence exceeds one mi…
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The authority may establish limits on coverage for a member or category of members, but those limits…
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A local agency requesting membership from the authority may request coverage in any sum, so long as …
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The books and records of the authority shall be audited annually and a summary of the audit shall be…
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If the original board is not selected on or before January 1, 1990, this chapter shall cease to be o…
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This chapter applies only to property and funds, and the disposition thereof, of inmates of any stat…
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When any person confined in any state home, reformatory, hospital, state prison, or other institutio…
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If the charge is not paid, a lien to secure the payment of the charge accrues to the State. The lien…
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If the charge is not paid within three years, the lien may be foreclosed, and the superintendent or …
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At least 10 days before the sale notice of sale shall be posted in a public place at the state home,…
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The proceeds of the sale shall be turned over immediately to the State Treasurer to be credited to t…
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The superintendent or warden may deposit any funds of inmates in his possession in any bank in the s…
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The superintendent or warden is the trustee of the benefit fund.
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He may expend the money in the benefit fund or post fund for the education or entertainment of the i…
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(a) Any marching band organized by or maintained by any educational institution supported in whole o…
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(a) The holidays in this state are: (1) Every Sunday. (2) January 1. (3) The third Monday in January…
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(a) If January 1, February 12, March 31, July 4, September 9, November 11, or December 25 falls upon…
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Every Saturday from noon to midnight is a holiday as regards the transaction of business in the publ…
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(a) Public offices of the state, state institutions, and the University of California shall be close…
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The legislative body of any city or district may, by ordinance or resolution, provide that every Sat…
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A special or limited holiday is a holiday applying only to a special class or classes of business, o…
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Whenever any act of a secular nature, other than a work of necessity or mercy, is appointed by law o…
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When the last day for filing any instrument or other document with a state agency falls upon a Satur…
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The Governor shall proclaim September 28th to be known hereafter as “Cabrillo Day.”
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The Governor shall proclaim January 15 to be known hereafter as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.
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The Governor shall proclaim March 7, to be known hereafter as “Arbor Day.”
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The Governor shall proclaim February 19 to be known hereafter as “A Day of Remembrance: Japanese Ame…
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The Governor shall proclaim annually the fourth Friday in September to be “Native American Day.”
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The Governor shall annually proclaim the first Sunday in October to be known as “Stepparents Day.”
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The Governor annually shall proclaim April 21st to be “John Muir Day.”
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The Governor shall annually proclaim March 30 as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.
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The Governor shall annually proclaim December 7 as “Pearl Harbor Day.”
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The Governor shall annually proclaim March 31 as “Farmworkers Day.”
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The Governor shall proclaim the month of February as Black History Month each year.
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The Governor shall proclaim the third Saturday in June of each year to be known as “Juneteenth Natio…
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April 24 of each year shall be the “California Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide,” and the…
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The Governor shall annually proclaim May 22 as Harvey Milk Day.
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The Governor annually shall proclaim January 30 as Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Con…
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The Governor shall annually proclaim February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day.
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The Governor shall annually proclaim January 23 as Ed Roberts Day.
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The Governor annually shall proclaim October 25 as Larry Itliong Day.
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(a) The Governor shall proclaim the first Friday in May of each year to be Space Day and designate t…
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The Governor shall annually proclaim the day of the astronomical Northward equinox, which usually oc…
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The Governor shall annually proclaim the month of June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month.
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The Governor annually shall proclaim April 10 as Dolores Huerta Day.
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(a) August 26 of each year shall be designated as California Farmworker Day to highlight, remember, …
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The Governor shall annually proclaim November 20 as “Transgender Day of Remembrance.”
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The Governor shall annually proclaim December 1 as World AIDS Day.
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The time in which any act provided by law is to be done is computed by excluding the first day, and …
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Time is computed according to the Gregorian or new style; and January 1st, in every year, after 1752…
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The years 1900, 2100, 2200, 2300, or any other future hundredth year, of which the year 2000 is the …
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“Year” means a period of 365 days; “half year,” 182 days; “quarter of a year,” 91 days. The added da…
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“Month” means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed.
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A week consists of seven consecutive days.
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A day is the period of time between any midnight and the midnight following.
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“Daytime” is the period of time between sunrise and sunset. “Nighttime” is the period of time betwee…
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(a) The standard time within the state is that of the fifth zone designated by federal law as Pacifi…
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The money of account of this State is the dollar, cent, and mill. Public accounts and all proceeding…
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This chapter does not vitiate or affect any account, charge, or entry originally made, or any note, …
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All legal tender notes issued by the United States shall be received at par in payment for all taxes…
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Notwithstanding any restrictions on investments contained in any laws, farm loan bonds, consolidated…
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Whenever any governmental body is a shareholder of any corporation, and a resolution is before the s…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, every state agency owning common stock shall, when r…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Governmental investor” means the Treasurer, the Teachers’ Retirement B…
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Each securities transaction or brokerage agreement carried out for a governmental investor pursuant …
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Any written contract entered into between a governmental investor and an investment manager on or af…
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Soft dollar and directed brokerage arrangements are not subject to any statutory competitive bidding…
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This chapter shall apply to contracts entered into, renewed, or extended on and after January 1, 199…
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It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to provide a means whereby any county o…
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The Legislature finds that the rapid growth and spread of urban development is encroaching upon, or …
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The Legislature hereby declares that it is necessary for sound and proper urban and metropolitan dev…
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The Legislature further declares that the acquisition of interests or rights in real property for th…
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For the purposes of this chapter an “open space” or “open area” is any space or area characterized b…
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It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to provide a means whereby the Departme…
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The Legislature hereby declares that the acquisition of interests or rights in real property for the…
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The state agencies specified in Section 7000 may exercise the powers specified in that section for t…
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With the consent of the city, county, or city and county, as the case may be, an irrevocable offer o…
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(a) No public entity, as defined in Section 811.2, shall, by statute, ordinance, or regulation, or b…
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Notwithstanding Section 7060, nothing in this chapter does any of the following: (a) Prevents a publ…
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If a public entity, by valid exercise of its police power, has in effect any control or system of co…
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If a public entity determines to apply constraints pursuant to Section 7060.2 to a successor in inte…
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(a) Any public entity which, by a valid exercise of its police power, has in effect any control or s…
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The actions authorized by Sections 7060.2 and 7060.4 may be taken by regulation adopted after public…
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If an owner seeks to displace a tenant or lessee from accommodations withdrawn from rent or lease pu…
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(a) It is the policy of the state of California that lower income individuals residing in neighborho…
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(a) A local government adopting a tenant preference policy shall do both of the following: (1) No mo…
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This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2033, and as of that date is repealed.
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Notwithstanding the repeal of Chapter 12.8 (commencing with Section 7070), Chapter 12.93 (commencing…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Governing body” means the …
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(a) (1) A law enforcement agency shall obtain approval of the governing body, by an ordinance adopti…
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(a) A law enforcement agency that receives approval for a military equipment use policy pursuant to …
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(a) A state agency shall create a military equipment use policy prior to engaging in any of the foll…
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The Legislature finds and declares that ensuring adequate oversight of the acquisition and use of mi…
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Nothing in this chapter shall preclude a county or local municipality from implementing additional r…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all persons licensed in this state to engage in the pra…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the words and phrases defined in this article govern the cons…
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“Agency” means: (a) The Director of Employment Development with respect to a state tax lien created …
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“Bona fide purchaser” has the same meaning as “protected purchaser” as defined in Section 8303 of th…
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“Buyer in ordinary course of business” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (9) of subdivisi…
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“Chattel paper” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (11) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102…
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“Deposit account” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (29) of subdivision (a) of Section 91…
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“Duly negotiated” has the same meaning as defined in Section 7501 of the Commercial Code.
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“Holder in due course” has the same meaning as defined in Section 3302 of the Commercial Code.
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“Instrument” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (47) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of…
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“Personal property” includes both tangible and intangible personal property.
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“Purchase money security interest” has the same meaning as defined in Section 9103 of the Commercial…
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“Real property” includes any rights in real property.
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“Security” has the same meaning as defined in Section 8102 of the Commercial Code.
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“State tax lien” means a lien created pursuant to Section 8048 of the Fish and Game Code, Section 34…
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“Tax” means a liability for which a state tax lien has been created.
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“Taxpayer” means the person liable for the tax.
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(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), a state tax lien attaches to all property and ri…
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Notwithstanding Section 7170, as between competing state tax liens or as between a state tax lien an…
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(a) With respect to real property, at any time after creation of a state tax lien, the agency may re…
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(a) A state tax lien continues in effect for 10 years from the date of its creation unless it is soo…
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(a) If the taxpayer is a party to an action or special proceeding in which the taxpayer may become e…
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(a) If the agency determines that the amount of tax, interest, and any penalty are sufficiently secu…
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(a) As used in this section, “preexisting state tax lien” means a lien: (1) Created, recorded in any…
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This chapter is a restatement and continuation of provisions formerly found in Sections 8048 and 805…
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When authorized by Section 7171 or when specifically authorized by the provisions of particular tax …
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The notice of state tax lien shall set forth the matters required by subdivision (c) of Section 7171…
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The Secretary of State shall cause the notice to be marked, held and indexed in accordance with the …
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If a certificate or notice of state tax lien has been filed and is still effective, a certificate of…
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(a) A filed certificate or notice of state tax lien is effective for a period of 10 years from the d…
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Unless the Secretary of State has notice of an action pending relative thereto, he may remove from t…
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(a) Upon request of any person, the Secretary of State shall issue his or her certificate showing wh…
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There is no fee for filing a notice of state tax lien, certificate of partial release, certificate o…
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As used in this chapter, “state tax” includes a local tax which is administered or collected by a st…
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The Secretary of State may adopt regulations relating to this chapter.
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Notwithstanding any other law, and unless the context clearly requires otherwise, whenever any refer…
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The provisions of this chapter apply to all buildings or other facilities owned, leased, operated or…
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When a building contains special toilet facilities usable by a person in a wheelchair or otherwise h…
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When a building contains an entrance other than the main entrance which is ramped or level for use b…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Public entity” includes the state, the Regents of the University of Ca…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Displacement as a direct result of program…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in furtherance of the goal set forth in paragraph (3) of…
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(a) Programs or projects undertaken by a public entity shall be planned in a manner that (1) recogni…
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In order to prevent unnecessary expenses and duplications of functions, and to promote uniform and e…
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(a) Whenever a program or project to be undertaken by a public entity will result in the displacemen…
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Notwithstanding Section 7265.3 or any other provision of law, tenants residing in any rental project…
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(a) In addition to the payments required by Section 7262, the public entity, as a part of the cost o…
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For purposes of Section 7263, the leasing of a condominium for a 99-year period, or for a term which…
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(a) In addition to the payments required by Section 7262, as a part of the cost of acquisition, the …
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(a) If a program or project undertaken by the public entity cannot proceed on a timely basis because…
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(a) In addition to the payments required by Section 7262, as a cost of acquisition, the public entit…
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(a) A public entity may make payments in the amounts it deems appropriate, and may provide advisory …
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In addition to the payments required by Section 7262, as a cost of acquisition, the public entity, a…
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(a) If a relocation appeals board has been established pursuant to Section 33417.5 of the Health and…
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In order to encourage and expedite the acquisition of real property by agreements with owners, to av…
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(a) The public entity shall make every reasonable effort to acquire expeditiously real property by n…
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(a) (1) Prior to adopting a resolution of necessity pursuant to Section 1245.230 of the Code of Civi…
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The construction or development of a public improvement shall be so scheduled that, to the greatest …
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If the public entity permits an owner or tenant to occupy the real property acquired on a rental bas…
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In no event shall the public entity either advance the time of condemnation, or defer negotiations o…
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If any interest in real property is to be acquired by exercise of the power of eminent domain, the p…
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(a) If the acquisition of only a portion of a property would leave the remaining portion in such a s…
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(a) All public entities shall adopt rules and regulations to implement payments and to administer re…
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(a) Prior to the initiation of negotiations for acquisition by a public entity or public utility of …
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(a) No payment received by any person under this chapter or as tenant relocation assistance required…
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Where a recipient of relocation benefits payments under federal or state law is also a general assis…
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Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as creating in any condemnation proceedings bro…
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If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held i…
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If under any other provision of law of this state the owner or occupant of real property acquired by…
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It is the intent of the Legislature, by this chapter, to establish minimum requirements for relocati…
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Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as creating in any condemnation proceeding brou…
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Funds received pursuant to Sections 2106 and 2107 of the Streets and Highways Code may be expended b…
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Sections 7267 to 7267.7, inclusive, create no rights or liabilities and shall not affect the validit…
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Whenever any public entity acquires real property by eminent domain, purchase, or exchange, the purc…
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(a) If a resolution is adopted under Section 1245.330 of the Code of Civil Procedure consenting to t…
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(a) The requirement to provide relocation assistance and benefits imposed by this chapter shall not …
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This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Burton-Stull Vietnam Veterans Employment Act.”
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the employment of veterans of the Vietnam conflict af…
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For the purposes of this chapter “veteran” means any person (1) who served in the active military, n…
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Each employer in private employment who hires an unemployed veteran of the Vietnam conflict at not l…
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Such payments for reimbursement pursuant to Section 7280.3 shall be made to an employer who hires su…
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The provisions of this chapter shall be administered by, and payments shall be disbursed through, th…
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The Director of the Department of Employment Development, or his designee, shall certify to employer…
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(a) For the purposes of this chapter, “certified trainee” means a person who both (1) meets the crit…
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No veteran shall be certified under Section 7280.8 if any of the following occur: (a) The director o…
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No employer may receive any reimbursement for costs specified in this chapter if the veteran whom he…
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Such portion of the funds appropriated each year by the Legislature for the purposes of this chapter…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Conviction” shal…
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(a) A law enforcement official shall have discretion to cooperate with immigration authorities only …
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For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Community forum”…
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(a) In advance of any interview between ICE and an individual in local law enforcement custody regar…
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to provide, expand, or ratify the legal authority of any …
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Values Act.
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The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Immigrants are valuable and essential members …
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For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “California law e…
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(a) California law enforcement agencies shall not: (1) Use agency or department moneys or personnel …
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(a) The Attorney General, by October 1, 2018, in consultation with the appropriate stakeholders, sha…
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(a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall: (1) In advance of any interview between …
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The provisions of this act are severable. If any provision of this act or its application is held in…
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The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) All protections, rights, and remedies availabl…
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(a) Except as otherwise required by federal law, an employer, or a person acting on behalf of the em…
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(a) (1) Except as otherwise required by federal law, and except as provided in paragraph (2), an emp…
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In accordance with state and federal law, nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted, construed, o…
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(a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Deadly force” means any use of force that creates a subst…
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(a) (1) A law enforcement agency shall not authorize the use of a carotid restraint or choke hold by…
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(a) (1) On or before January 1, 2027, every law enforcement and prosecutorial agency shall maintain …
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(a) By January 1, 2026, a law enforcement agency operating in California shall maintain and publicly…
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(a) By July 1, 2026, a law enforcement agency operating in California shall maintain and publicly po…
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This chapter may be known and cited as the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the effective maintenance and development of a free a…
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(a) Every state agency, as defined in Section 11000, except the State Compensation Insurance Fund, d…
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Every local public agency, as defined in Section 54951, serving a substantial number of non-English-…
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An employee of a state or local agency, as defined by Sections 11000 and 54951, may not be dismissed…
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Any materials explaining services available to the public shall be translated into any non-English l…
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Every state agency which serves a substantial number of non-English-speaking people and which provid…
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Whenever a state agency finds that the factors listed in both subdivisions (a) and (c) or (b) and (c…
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(a) As used in this chapter, a “qualified bilingual person,” “qualified bilingual employee,” or “qua…
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As used in Sections 7292, 7295.2, 7295.4, 7299.3, and 7299.4, a “substantial number of non-English-s…
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As used in Section 7292, “a sufficient number of qualified bilingual persons in public contact posit…
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As used in this chapter, a “public contact position” is a position determined by the agency to be on…
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The provisions of this chapter are not applicable to school districts, county boards of education, o…
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The provisions of this act shall be implemented to the extent that local, state or federal funds are…
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State agencies may, utilizing existing funds, contract for telephone-based interpretation services i…
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The Department of Human Resources shall be responsible for informing state agencies of their respons…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, by July 1, 2015, a state agency subject to the …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, each state agency shall conduct a language …
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The Department of Human Resources may exempt state agencies from the requirements of Section 7299.4,…
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The Department of Human Resources shall review the results of the surveys and implementation plans r…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and commencing January 1, 2025, in the even…
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It is not the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to prohibit the establishment of bi…
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For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Land” means any right or interest, including development rights, …
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Any person may offer land included within a transfer described in Section 7301 to the state for pres…
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The inheritance tax referee shall certify the appraised value of the land and the amount of taxes du…
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The secretary shall establish criteria to evaluate the significance of the land offered and the feas…
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Upon receipt of the offer, the secretary shall notify the county in which the land being offered is …
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Upon acceptance of an offer of land pursuant to this chapter, the secretary shall forward appropriat…
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Land accepted by the state pursuant to this chapter shall be maintained and preserved in perpetuity …
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Unless otherwise provided in the terms of acceptance or prohibited by encumbrances on the land, real…
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Notwithstanding Section 14103 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, inheritance tax imposed on land offe…
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(a) A city, county, city and county, or local law enforcement agency that does not, as of June 15, 2…
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(a) A city, county, city and county, or local law enforcement agency that does not, as of June 15, 2…
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(a) Any private detention facility operator shall comply with, and adhere to, the detention standard…
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(a) A private detention facility operator shall comply with, and adhere to, all local and state publ…
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(a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that subdivision (a) of Section 31 of Article I of the Ca…
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(a) The Governor’s Task Force on Diversity and Outreach, in its August 1, 2000, report, concluded th…
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The Legislature finds and declares that the ability to utilize electronic or information technology …
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Every local agency in this state owning common stock and whose stock is by contract managed by a fid…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, every local agency in this state owning common stock…
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This chapter shall be known as the “California Right to Financial Privacy Act.”
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The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Procedures and policies governing the relationshi…
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For the purposes of this chapter: (a) The term “financial institution” includes state and national b…
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(a) Except as provided in Section 7480, no officer, employee, or agent of a state or local agency or…
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(a) Except in accordance with requirements of Title 11 (commencing with Section 14160) of Part 4 of …
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(a) A customer may authorize disclosure under paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 7470 if th…
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(a) An officer, employee, or agent of a state or local agency or department thereof, may obtain fina…
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An officer, employee, or agent of a state or local agency or department thereof, may obtain financia…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), an officer, employee, or agent of a state or loc…
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Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any of the following: (a) The dissemination of any financial …
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(a) Any person who, with the intent to violate, knowingly participates in a violation of this chapte…
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In any successful action to enforce liability for a violation of the provisions of this chapter, the…
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In addition to any other remedy contained in this chapter or otherwise available, injunctive relief …
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An action to enforce any provision of this chapter must be commenced within three years after the da…
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Evidence obtained in violation of this chapter is inadmissible in any proceeding except a proceeding…
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Except as provided in Sections 6069, 10145, 10146, and 17766.5 of the Business and Professions Code,…
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Should any other law grant or appear to grant power or authority to any person to violate the provis…
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If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held in…
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude a state or local agency from obtaining a cred…
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Any city with a population of 1,000,000 or more, and any agency thereof, which has established any p…
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(a) This section shall only apply to the City of San Diego. (b) For the purposes of this section, th…
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It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to safeguard the solvency…
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The Controller shall review the annual financial report of each state and local public retirement sy…
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All state and local public retirement systems shall prepare an annual report in accordance with gene…
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(a) All state and local public retirement systems shall, not less than triennially, secure the servi…
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Every state and local public retirement system shall permit any person entitled to the receipt of be…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person entitled to the receipt of benefits from any …
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The Controller shall make an agreement with one or more financial institutions participating in the …
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(a) For the purpose of this section: (1) “Actuary” means an actuary as defined in Section 7504. (2) …
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(a) There is hereby enacted the California Actuarial Advisory Panel. The panel shall provide imparti…
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It is the intent of the Legislature that the Regents of the University of California provide written…
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A retired member of a state retirement system, other than the University of California Retirement Sy…
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Except as otherwise provided in Section 20098 or 31528 of this code, or Section 22212.5 of the Educa…
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(a) The restrictions upon rates of interest contained in Section 1 of Article XV of the California C…
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(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a public retirement system, which has invested assets…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Board” means the Board of Ad…
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Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary: (a) A public retirement system may purchase ins…
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Each state and local public pension or retirement system shall, on and after the 90th day following …
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(a) In the case of a state or local retirement system or plan that is subject to Section 401(a)(31) …
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(a) On or before the first day of March of each year, the Teachers’ Retirement Board and the Board o…
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(a) As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Active business operations”…
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(a) As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Board” means the Board of A…
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As used in this section and Sections 7513.85, 7513.86, 7513.87, 7513.9, and 7513.95: (a) “Board” mea…
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(a) Any placement agent, prior to acting as a placement agent in connection with any potential syste…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Board” means the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ …
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(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Board” means the …
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The combustion of coal resources is…
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(a) The board shall develop and implement, on or before June 30, 2010, a policy requiring the disclo…
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Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 82047.3, a person shall not act as a place…
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(a) A person acting as a placement agent in connection with any potential system investment made by …
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A member or employee of the board shall not, directly or indirectly, by himself or herself, or as an…
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As used in Section 11 of Article VII of the Constitution, the following terms have the following mea…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law except Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 16649.80) o…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law except Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 16649.80) of Pa…
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(a) As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Board” means the Board of A…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, state pension systems may, subject to and consistent wit…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the rights of a member of the Public Employees’…
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(a) Every public investment fund shall require each alternative investment vehicle in which it inves…
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It is the intent of this chapter to authorize and encourage the Public Employees’ Retirement System …
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, confidential information or documents relating to invest…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any public pension fund or retirement system of this…
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This article shall be known as the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013.
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, except as provided in this article, on and after January 1, 2…
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For the purposes of this article: (a) “Defined benefit formula” means a formula used by the retireme…
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(a) A joint powers authority formed on or after January 1, 2013, and formed pursuant to the provisio…
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(a) On and after January 1, 2013, each public retirement system shall modify its plan or plans to co…
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Except as provided in subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 7522.02, each public employer and each pub…
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(a) A public employer that does not offer a supplemental defined benefit plan before January 1, 2013…
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(a) Each retirement system that offers a defined benefit plan for nonsafety members of the system sh…
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(a) Each retirement system that offers a defined benefit plan for safety members of the system shall…
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(a) This section shall apply to all public employers and to all new members. Equal sharing of normal…
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For the purposes of determining a retirement benefit to be paid to a new member of a public retireme…
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(a) “Pensionable compensation” of a new member of any public retirement system means the normal mont…
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(a) A public employer shall not provide to a public employee who is elected or appointed, a trustee,…
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(a) In addition to any other benefit limitation prescribed by law, for the purposes of determining a…
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(a) A public employer shall not offer a plan of replacement benefits for members and any survivors o…
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This section shall apply to all public employers and to all public employees: (a) Any enhancement to…
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(a) A public retirement system shall not allow the purchase of nonqualified service credit, as defin…
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(a) Final compensation of a member for the purpose of determining any pension or benefit resulting f…
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(a) In any fiscal year, a public employer’s contribution to a defined benefit plan, in combination w…
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(a) This section shall apply to any person who is receiving a pension benefit from a public retireme…
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(a) This section shall apply to any person who is receiving a pension benefit from a public retireme…
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(a) This section shall apply to any retired person who is receiving a pension benefit from a public …
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(a) This section shall apply to any elected public officer who takes public office, or is reelected …
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(a) This section shall apply to a public employee first employed by a public employer or first elect…
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(a) This section shall apply to a public employee first employed by a public employer or first elect…
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(a) If a public employee, as defined in subdivision (h) of Section 7522.04, retires while under inve…
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The letterhead or other prominent location on official stationery of each state agency, and county, …
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In addition to the requirements of Section 7525, the letterhead or other prominent location on offic…
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Every letter to any person from a state agency shall be signed by, or contain the name of, the write…
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All public agencies, public entities, districts, cities, counties, and cities and counties shall, wh…
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(a) Any document or written report prepared for or under the direction of a state or local agency, t…
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In an effort to reduce the cost of preparing state reports, a state agency shall, when preparing a r…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, until June 30, 1995, no local educational agency shall b…
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The Department of General Services shall cause to be designed a series of commemorative gold medalli…
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Each medallion shall bear: (a) On one side, the Great Seal of the State of California. (b) On the re…
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Upon the showing of sufficient interest by gold producers, the department shall contract with a regi…
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The Department of General Services shall, for the use of the Great Seal of the State of California, …
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After minting, the medallions shall be returned to the producers who, notwithstanding Section 402, s…
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Only registered, certified mints which have contracted with the department may produce the medallion…
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It is the intent of the Legislature to assure receipt of federal funding by the State of California.…
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It is further the intent of the Legislature that there shall be a single line of responsibility with…
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If any state agency applies for federal funds to meet a mandatory responsibility under federal or st…
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The Joint Legislative Budget Committee shall submit to each member of the appropriate legislative po…
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Any state agency which has not received federal agency approval of an application for funds as descr…
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Ensuring maximum utilization of all state and federal resources available to provide a child with a …
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The Secretary of the Health and Human Services Agency may designate a department of state government…
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(a) In accordance with Section 1415(b)(2)(B) of Title 20 of the United States Code, a local educatio…
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Prior to licensing a community care facility, as defined in Section 1502 of the Health and Safety Co…
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The residential and noneducational costs of a child placed in a medical or residential facility by a…
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Assessments and therapy treatment services provided under programs of the State Department of Health…
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As used in this chapter, “disabled youth,” “child,” or “pupil” means individuals with exceptional ne…
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(a) Whenever a department or local agency designated by that department fails to provide a related s…
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(a) All state departments, and their designated local agencies, shall be governed by the procedural …
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By January 1, 1986, each state department named in this chapter shall develop regulations, as necess…
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(a) The amount of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) is appropriated, subject to subdivision (b),…
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The Secretary of Trade and Commerce shall remove any lien placed in connection with a loan authorize…
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There is in the General Fund the California Olympic Training Account. The account shall consist of t…
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The Legislature finds and declares that the federal Selective Service System registration program is…
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All state agencies shall cooperate with the United States Selective Service System in efforts to pub…
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(a) October 15, 2013, and every October 15 thereafter, is hereby designated as Pacific Leatherback S…
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The last week of August commencing in 1991, is hereby designated as California’s Salute to Youth Ach…
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The first week in January, commencing in 1995, is hereby designated as Braille Literacy Week. The pu…
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All state agencies which provide over-the-counter information and services directly to the public sh…
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As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Public building” mean…
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(a) No public employee or member of the public shall smoke a tobacco product inside a public buildin…
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(a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Electronically sto…
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(a) A fund to be known as the “Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund” is hereby created within the Sta…
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Funding Appropriation. (a) On or before July 31, 2016, and on or before July 31 of each fiscal year …
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Distribution of Moneys from the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund. (a) By August 15 of each fiscal…
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(a) A Green Empowerment Zone for the Northern Waterfront area of the County of Contra Costa may be e…
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(a) The Green Empowerment Zone shall be governed by a board of directors composed of representatives…
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The Green Empowerment Zone shall have the following duties: (a) Identification of projects and progr…
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(a) (1) The board shall appoint an executive committee, on or before January 1, 2026, that shall be …
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This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2040, and as of that date is repealed.
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This chapter shall be known as the Online Marketplace Suspected Stolen Goods Act.
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For purposes of this chapter, the following shall apply: (a) “Online marketplace” means any electron…
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(a) By January 1, 2023, the Attorney General shall establish an online marketplace suspected stolen …
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(a) Beginning February 1, 2023, an online marketplace shall display on its electronically based or a…
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(a) This chapter shall be known as the Funding for the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduc…
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It is the intent of the Legislature that: (a) Specified state agencies be authorized to invest marke…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Security loan agreement” means a written contract whereby a legal owne…
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A state agency which is authorized pursuant to Section 22312 of the Education Code and Sections 1648…
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All loans of securities shall be made pursuant to one of the standardized security loan agreement fo…
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In the event of a loss in the reacquisition of loaned securities, the responsible state agency shall…
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Each state agency which enters into security loan agreements shall (a) maintain detailed records of …
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of this division is to provide for the effec…
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For the purposes of Article XIII B of the California Constitution and this division: (a) “Change in …
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(a) For the 1980–81 fiscal year, the appropriations limit of the state and of each local jurisdictio…
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(a) (1) If, beginning with the 1980–81 fiscal year or any fiscal year thereafter, the proceeds of ta…
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(a) For the 2019–20 and 2020–21 fiscal years only, if the appropriations limit determined pursuant t…
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(a) If, beginning with the 2020–21 fiscal year or any fiscal year thereafter, the proceeds of taxes …
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The governing body of any city incorporated after July 1, 1978, but prior to January 1, 1980, may, b…
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The governing body of any city incorporated at the General Election held on November 4, 1980, for wh…
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(a) The appropriations limit of a city incorporated on or after January 1, 1990, shall be determined…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to any special district formed during the 1…
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(a) “State subventions” shall, except as provided in subdivision (b), include only money received by…
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In no event shall the appropriation of the same proceeds of taxes be subject to the appropriations l…
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Revenues to a local jurisdiction from regulatory licenses, user charges, or user fees may be aggrega…
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For school districts: (a) (1) For the 1980–81 to 2012–13 fiscal years, inclusive, “ADA” means a scho…
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For county superintendents of schools: (a) (1) For the 1978–79 to 2012–13 fiscal years, inclusive, “…
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For community college districts: (a) As used in this section, “ADA” means the annual average daily a…
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No later than May 1 of each year, the Department of Finance shall notify each local agency of the ch…
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(a) Each year the governing body of each local jurisdiction shall, by resolution, establish its appr…
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For the purposes of Section 2 of Article XIII B, a local jurisdiction may return excess revenues by …
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Each year, the Governor shall include in the budget as submitted to the Legislature an estimate of t…
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For purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 3 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution, the f…
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An appropriation for a “qualified capital outlay project,” as used in subdivision (d) of Section 9 o…
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This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Public Records Act.
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This division recodifies the provisions of former Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Divi…
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Nothing in the CPRA Recodification Act of 2021 is intended to substantively change the law relating …
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(a) A provision of this division, or any other provision of the CPRA Recodification Act of 2021, ins…
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(a) A judicial decision interpreting a previously existing provision is relevant in interpreting any…
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(a) An opinion of the Attorney General interpreting a previously existing provision is relevant in i…
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(a) A judicial decision or Attorney General opinion on the constitutionality of a previously existin…
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The provisions of this division shall not be deemed in any manner to affect the status of judicial r…
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For purposes of Article 3 (commencing with Section 7928.200) of Chapter 14 of Part 5, “elected or ap…
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(a) The following provisions are continuations of provisions that were included in former Section 62…
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As used in this division, “local agency” includes any of the following: (a) A county. (b) A city, wh…
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As used in this division, “member of the public” means any person other than a member, agent, office…
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As used in this division, “person” includes any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited li…
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(a) As used in this division, “public agency” means any state or local agency. (b) As used in Articl…
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(a) As used in this division, “public records” includes any writing containing information relating …
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As used in this division, “public safety official” means the following parties, whether active or re…
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(a) As used in this division, “state agency” means every state office, officer, department, division…
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As used in this division, “writing” means any handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, phot…
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In enacting this division, the Legislature, mindful of the right of individuals to privacy, finds an…
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A state or local agency may not allow another party to control the disclosure of information that is…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no state or local agency shall sell, exchange, furni…
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This division does not allow limitations on access to a public record based upon the purpose for whi…
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(a) Notwithstanding the definition of “member of the public” in Section 7920.515, an elected member …
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Unless disclosure is otherwise prohibited by law, the provisions listed in Section 7920.505 do not p…
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(a) As used in this section, “agency” includes a member, agent, officer, or employee of the agency a…
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A state or local agency shall allow an inspection or copying of any public record or class of public…
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(a) If a district attorney makes a request to a state or local agency to inspect or receive a copy o…
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Disclosure of records to a district attorney under the provisions of this division shall effect no c…
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An agency shall justify withholding any record by demonstrating that the record in question is exemp…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, in order to protect against the risk of identity theft…
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Nothing in this division shall be construed to require the disclosure by a county recorder of any “o…
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Nothing in this division shall be construed to require the disclosure by a filing office of any “off…
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Nothing in this division shall be construed to permit an agency to delay or obstruct the inspection …
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Except as otherwise prohibited by law, a state or local agency may adopt requirements for itself tha…
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(a) Public records are open to inspection at all times during the office hours of a state or local a…
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(a) Except with respect to public records exempt from disclosure by express provisions of law, each …
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(a) Each agency, upon a request for a copy of records, shall, within 10 days from receipt of the req…
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(a) A response to a written request for inspection or copies of public records that includes a deter…
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(a) In addition to maintaining public records for public inspection during its office hours, a publi…
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(a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, any agency that has information that constitutes an identifi…
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(a) The cost of duplication of an electronic record pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of …
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(a) Nothing in Section 7922.570 or 7922.575 shall be construed to require a public agency to reconst…
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(a) As used in this section, “computer software” includes computer mapping systems, computer program…
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(a) When a member of the public requests to inspect a public record or obtain a copy of a public rec…
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This article shall not apply to a request for public records if any of the following applies: (a) Th…
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Every agency may adopt regulations in accordance with this article stating the procedures to be foll…
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(a) The following state and local bodies shall establish written guidelines for accessibility of rec…
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(a) Guidelines and regulations adopted pursuant to this article shall be consistent with all other s…
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If a local agency, except a school district, maintains an internet resource, including, but not limi…
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For purposes of this article: (a) “Enterprise system” means a software application or computer syste…
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For purposes of this article, “system of record” means a system that serves as an original source of…
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(a) In implementing this division, each local agency, except a local educational agency, shall creat…
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(a) The catalog of enterprise systems required by Section 7922.710 shall be made publicly available …
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(a) The catalog of enterprise systems required by Section 7922.710 shall disclose a list of the ente…
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(a) This article shall not be interpreted to limit a person’s right to inspect public records pursua…
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Any person may institute a proceeding for injunctive or declarative relief, or for a writ of mandate…
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In a proceeding under Section 7923.000, the court shall set the times for hearings and responsive pl…
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Whenever it is made to appear, by verified petition to the superior court of the county where the re…
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The court shall decide the case after the court does all of the following: (a) Examine the record in…
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(a) If the court finds that the public official’s decision to refuse disclosure is not justified und…
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(a) If the requester prevails in litigation filed pursuant to this chapter, the court shall award co…
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(a) An order of the court, either directing disclosure by a public official or supporting the decisi…
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(a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require …
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(a) This division does not require the disclosure in response to a request for records filed under t…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 7923.600, a state or local law enforcement agency shall disclose the nam…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a state or local law enforcement agency shall m…
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a state or local law enforcement agency…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, if the requester declares under penalty of …
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, commencing July 1, 2019, a video or audio recor…
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(a) Immediately before the CPRA Recodification Act of 2021, the other provisions in this article com…
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The exemption of records of complaints to, or investigations conducted by, any state or local agency…
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(a) A state or local law enforcement agency shall not require a victim of an incident, or an authori…
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Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require the …
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(a) This division does not require disclosure of a video or audio recording that was created during …
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(a) This division does not require disclosure of a record of the California Victim Compensation Boar…
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Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require the …
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Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require the …
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(a) Except as provided in Section 2194 of the Elections Code, both of the following are confidential…
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 7920.510, 7920.515, 7920.520, 7920.530, 7920.540, 7920.545, 7922.545, s…
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As used in this article, “petition” means any petition to which a registered voter has affixed the v…
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As used in this article, “proponent of the petition” means the following: (a) For a statewide initia…
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 7920.510, 7920.515, 7920.520, 7920.530, 7920.540, 7920.545, 7922.545, s…
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If both of the following conditions are satisfied, nothing in this division exempts from public disc…
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(a) The Director of Pesticide Regulation, upon the director’s initiative, or upon receipt of a reque…
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(a) Unless the applicant or registrant consents to disclosure of information that the applicant or r…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, if the Director of Pesticide Regulation determi…
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The Director of Pesticide Regulation shall maintain records of the names of persons to whom data is …
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The Director of Pesticide Regulation may limit an individual to one request per month pursuant to th…
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(a) Any officer or employee of the state, or former officer or employee of the state, who, because o…
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This article shall be operative only so long as, and to the extent that, enforcement of Section 10(d…
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Nothing in this division requires the disclosure of records that relate to volatile organic compound…
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(a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require …
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(a) Any information, analysis, plan, or specification that discloses the nature, extent, quantity, o…
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(a) A record of a notice or an order that is directed to the owner of any building and relates to vi…
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(a) Every final enforcement order issued by an agency listed in subdivision (b) under any provision …
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Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require the …
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Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require the …
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This division does not require the disclosure of records that the Controller and third-party auditor…
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Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require the …
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) and in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this div…
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The provisions listed in Section 7920.505 do not prevent any health facility from disclosing to a ce…
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(a) Nothing in this division or any other provision of law requires disclosure of records of a healt…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this divi…
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(a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and the provisions listed in Section 7920.505…
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(a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require …
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(a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require …
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(a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require …
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(a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, information regarding persons paid by the …
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For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Contractor” mean…
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This division does not require disclosure of any personal information received, collected, or compil…
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(a) Any person may institute proceedings for injunctive or declarative relief or writ of mandate in …
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(a) In order for this article to apply to an individual who is an employee, volunteer, board member,…
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The privacy protections for personal information authorized pursuant to this article are effective f…
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Within 90 days of separation of an employee, contractor, volunteer, board member, or officer of the …
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This section does not prevent a government agency from disclosing data regarding the age, race, ethn…
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In implementing this division, each health care district shall maintain an internet website in accor…
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Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disc…
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Nothing in this division requires disclosure of records that relate to archaeological site informati…
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(a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require …
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(a) As used in this section, the term “patron use records” includes both of the following: (1) Any w…
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Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disc…
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Nothing in this division or any other provision of law requires disclosure of a memorandum submitted…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division to the contrary, information regarding fami…
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Nothing in this division requires the disclosure of records that relate to electronically collected …
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Nothing in this division requires the disclosure of the residence or mailing address of any person i…
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Nothing in this division requires the disclosure of the name, credit history, utility usage data, ho…
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Except as provided in Sections 7924.510 and 7924.700, nothing in this division requires disclosure o…
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Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 827 of the Welfare and Institutions Code…
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This division does not require the disclosure of the following records and information provided to t…
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A Judicial Council form provided to request service pursuant to Section 26666.10, and the informatio…
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Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disc…
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Whenever a city and county or a joint powers agency, pursuant to a mandatory statute or charter prov…
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(a) Nothing in this division requires the disclosure of records that are any of the following: corpo…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division to the contrary, information regarding tran…
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(a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require …
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(a) When the Governor leaves office, either voluntarily or involuntarily, public records in the cust…
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(a) (1) For a Governor who held office between 1974 and 1988, Section 7928.005 does not apply to pub…
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(a) The Secretary of State may appraise and manage new or existing records that are subject to Secti…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) and in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this div…
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(a) Nothing in this article is intended to preclude punishment instead under Section 69, 76, or 422 …
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(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 7922.545, no state or local agency shall publicly pos…
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(a) The home addresses, home telephone numbers, personal cellular telephone numbers, and birthdates …
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Every employment contract between a state or local agency and any public official or public employee…
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(a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require …
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Notwithstanding any contract term to the contrary, a contract entered into by a state or local agenc…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) and in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this div…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Alternative investment” mean…
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Nothing in this division requires disclosure of an identification number, alphanumeric character, or…
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Notwithstanding Sections 7920.510, 7920.515, 7920.520, 7920.530, 7920.540, and 7920.545, and subdivi…
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In implementing this division, each independent special district shall maintain an internet website …
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(a) Any executed contract for the purchase of goods or services by a state or local agency, includin…
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(a) Any information reported to the North American Securities Administrators Association/Financial I…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Customer” means a person or …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the following information and records of a …
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(a) As used in this section, “voluntarily submitted” means submitted without the Office of Emergency…
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(a) Nothing in this division requires the disclosure of an information security record of a public a…
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Nothing in this division or any other law requires disclosure of a risk assessment or railroad infra…
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Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disc…
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Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disc…
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Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disc…
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Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disc…
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(a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require …
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(a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require …
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(a) For purposes of this section, “fully executed” means the point in time when all of the necessary…
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Nothing in this division requires the disclosure of the results of a test undertaken pursuant to Sec…
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Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, and in Chapter 3 (commencing with S…
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Records or information not required to be disclosed pursuant to Section 7927.705 may include, but sh…
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The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure…
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This division shall become operative on January 1, 2023.
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the following advisory bodies are hereby abolished: (1) Ethics an…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following advisory bodies are hereby abolished: …
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(a) There is hereby established in state government the Commission on the State of Hate. The commiss…
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(a) This chapter shall not become operative until funding is appropriated by the Legislature in the …
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This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.
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The Governor shall execute for, in behalf of, and in the name of the State of California, a compact …
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No compact or agreement is binding on the State of California until it has been approved by the Legi…
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There is in the state government a California-Nevada Interstate Compact Commission.
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As used in this chapter “commission” means California-Nevada Interstate Compact Commission.
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The commission shall consist of seven members, the Director of Water Resources and six members appoi…
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Each member of the commission shall be entitled to receive his actual necessary expenses while on of…
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The chairman of the commission shall be selected by the commission.
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The commission shall appoint a secretary who may be one of its members and may employ such employees…
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It is the function of the commission to cooperate with a similar commission representing the State o…
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No compact or agreement is binding on the State of California until it has been approved by the Legi…
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The Director of Water Resources shall cooperate with the commission and furnish it with such enginee…
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Members and employees of the commission may travel outside of the state and may hold hearings and co…
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The commission shall be abolished upon the earlier occurrence of either the effective date of the co…
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Any instrumentality jointly created by this State and other state or states is hereby authorized, to…
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The plan for location of state buildings and other improvements in the central city of the City of S…
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The following terms, used in this article, shall be given the following meanings: (a) “Metropolitan …
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The department may request the assistance and advice of any state agency in the development of the m…
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The department shall inform the City of Sacramento and the County of Sacramento of the master plan, …
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(a) This section and Sections 8162.6, 8162.7, 8162.8, and 8162.9 shall be known as the Capitol View …
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Sacramento’s State Capitol and C…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in Section 8162.9, the following heig…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following setback requirements shall apply: (a) Buil…
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(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 8162.7, a 96-foot height limit shall apply to constru…
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The Capitol Area Plan was established for the orderly development of the state’s facilities in the m…
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The Legislature finds and declares: (a) There is clear justification and need for the creation of a …
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The department shall have the overall responsibility and authority for the formulation and implement…
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That portion of Route 275 that extends from the end of the Sacramento River Bridge in the City of Sa…
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The department, in addition to the other powers granted by this article, shall have the express powe…
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(a) The director may lease the real property owned by the state within the core area, and not under …
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The director may maintain, repair, alter, sell, remove, or demolish buildings or other structures wi…
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The director shall promulgate regulations for relocation payments and assistance consistent with the…
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Construction of parking structures in the core area on state-owned property for the use of the state…
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The department and the City of Sacramento are authorized to enter into an agreement pursuant to the …
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(a) In furtherance of the Capitol Area Plan, the objectives of Resolution Chapter 131 of the Statute…
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(a) The department may sell all or a portion of the following properties located in the County of Sa…
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The site of the Governor’s Mansion is hereby designated as all that certain real property situate, l…
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The Director of General Services shall appoint an architect to be a professional adviser to the depa…
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The Director of General Services is authorized and directed to immediately proceed with the acquisit…
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Should any Governor choose not to reside in the Governor’s Mansion, the Director of General Services…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all of that real property designated as the site of …
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The following terms, used in this article, shall have the following meanings: (a) “Project area” inc…
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The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) The project area is blighted and in need of redevelopme…
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The authority shall have those powers of a redevelopment agency created by Part 1 (commencing with S…
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The authority shall, in cooperation with the City of Sacramento, prepare an appropriate plan for the…
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(a) The authority may, by resolution, adopt documents necessary or convenient to the exercise of its…
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For the purpose of allocating taxes pursuant to Section 8183, state subvention payments made with re…
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For the purpose of exercising powers of a redevelopment agency, the jurisdiction of the authority sh…
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The City of Sacramento shall not adopt a plan containing the provisions of Section 33670 of the Heal…
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No action attacking or otherwise questioning the validity of any redevelopment plan or any adoption …
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The judgment shall determine the validity or invalidity respectively of the matters specified in Sec…
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The judgment, if no appeal is taken, or if taken and the judgment is affirmed, shall be forever bind…
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Whenever property in the project area has been redeveloped and thereafter is leased for a term not l…
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(a) Except with respect to taxes allocated to the authority pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8…
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The lessee of any property leased from the authority for residential purposes for a term of five yea…
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(a) During the period commencing on July 1, 1982, and ending when 600 newly constructed dwelling uni…
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(a) Whenever dwelling units located within that portion of the project area described in paragraph (…
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The requirements of Section 8193.1 shall apply solely to the portion of the project area described i…
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The authority shall establish the following time limits for that portion of the project area describ…
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(a) The State of California may not sell or display the Battle Flag of the Confederacy, also referre…
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The Secretary of State may appoint and commission notaries public in such number as the Secretary of…
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(a) Every person appointed as notary public shall meet all of the following requirements: (1) Be at …
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(a) Prior to granting an appointment as a notary public, the Secretary of State shall determine that…
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(a) The Secretary of State shall review the course of study proposed by any vendor to be offered pur…
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(a) When executing a jurat, a notary shall administer an oath or affirmation to the affiant and shal…
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The Secretary of State may appoint and commission the number of state, city, county, and public scho…
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A private employer, pursuant to an agreement with an employee who is a notary public, may pay the pr…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a private employer of a notary public who has entered in…
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The Secretary of State may appoint and commission notaries public for the military and naval reserva…
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Such notaries public shall be appointed only upon the recommendation of the commanding officer of th…
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In addition to the qualifications established in Section 8203.1, appointment will be made only from …
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The term of office shall be as set forth in Section 8204, except that the appointment shall terminat…
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In addition to the name of the State, the jurat shall also contain the name of the reservation in wh…
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No fees shall be collected by such notaries public for service rendered within the reservation in th…
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The term of office of a notary public is for four years commencing with the date specified in the co…
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The Secretary of State may cancel the commission of a notary public if a check or other remittance a…
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(a) It is the duty of a notary public, when requested: (1) To demand acceptance and payment of forei…
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(a) (1) A notary public shall keep one active sequential journal at a time, of all official acts per…
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Upon receiving a request for a copy of a transaction pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 8206, th…
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A notary public shall provide and keep an official seal, which shall clearly show, when embossed, st…
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The Secretary of State shall assign a sequential identification number to each notary which shall ap…
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(a) No notary seal or press stamp shall be manufactured, duplicated, sold, or offered for sale unles…
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(a) The Secretary of State shall issue certificates of authorization with which a notary public can …
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(a) Any person who willfully violates any part of Section 8207, 8207.1, 8207.2, 8207.3, 8231.7, or 8…
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The protest of a notary public acting in the course and scope of employment by a financial instituti…
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(a) If any notary public resigns, is disqualified, removed from office, or allows his or her appoint…
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Fees charged by a notary public for the following services shall not exceed the fees prescribed by t…
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Every person appointed a notary public shall execute an official bond in the sum of fifteen thousand…
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(a) No later than 30 days after the beginning of the term prescribed in the commission, every person…
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A notary public shall notify the Secretary of State by certified mail or any other means of physical…
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If a notary public changes his or her name, the notary public shall complete an application for name…
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For the official misconduct or neglect of a notary public, the notary public and the sureties on the…
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The Secretary of State may refuse to appoint any person as notary public or may revoke or suspend th…
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(a) A notary public who knowingly and willfully with intent to defraud performs any notarial act in …
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Prior to a revocation or suspension pursuant to this chapter or after a denial of a commission, or p…
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Notwithstanding this chapter or Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3, i…
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Whenever the Secretary of State revokes the commission of any notary public, the Secretary of State …
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Upon conviction of any offense in this chapter, or of Section 6203, or of any felony, of a person co…
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(a) In addition to any commissioning or disciplinary sanction, a violation of subdivision (f), (i), …
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A notary public who willfully fails to provide access to the sequential journal of notarial acts whe…
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(a) A notary public who fails to obtain a thumbprint, as required by Section 8206, from a party sign…
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When a surety of a notary desires to be released from responsibility on account of future acts, the …
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(a) Every notary public who is not an attorney who advertises the services of a notary public in a l…
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The Secretary of State may adopt rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter. …
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(a) If any person shall knowingly destroy, deface, or conceal any records or papers belonging to the…
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(a) Whenever it appears to the Secretary of State that any person has engaged or is about to engage …
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(a) A notary public who holds himself or herself out as being an immigration specialist, immigration…
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A notary public who has a direct financial or beneficial interest in a transaction shall not perform…
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A notary public shall not take the acknowledgment or proof of instruments of writing executed by the…
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(a) Any person who solicits, coerces, or in any manner influences a notary public to perform an impr…
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It shall be a misdemeanor for any person who is not a duly commissioned, qualified, and acting notar…
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Any person who is not a duly commissioned, qualified, and acting notary public who does any of the a…
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The Secretary of State or a peace officer, as defined in Sections 830.1, 830.2, and 830.3 of the Pen…
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(a) Any notary public who willfully fails to perform any duty required of a notary public under Sect…
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If a notary public executes a jurat and the statement sworn or subscribed to is contained in a docum…
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(a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Online Notarization Act. (b) An online not…
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As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Audio-video communica…
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(a) The Secretary of State shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement this article. Th…
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(a) (1) An applicant for a commission as a notary public may apply for registration with the Secreta…
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(a) (1) Pursuant to rules and regulations established by the Secretary of State, a notary public sha…
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(a) A notary public shall create an audio-video recording of the audio-visual communication of each …
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(a) A notary public shall take reasonable steps to ensure that any registered device used to create …
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(a) In performing an online notarization, a notary public authorized to perform online notarizations…
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Fees charged by a notary public for the following services related to an online notarization shall n…
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Every person appointed as a notary public authorized to perform online notarizations shall execute a…
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(a) A notary public authorized to perform online notarization who resigns, is disqualified or remove…
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(a) The Secretary of State may approve registrations of notaries public authorized to perform online…
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A person who, without authorization, knowingly obtains, conceals, damages, or destroys the certifica…
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(a) A person or entity shall apply for registration with the Secretary of State to be an online nota…
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(a) An online notarization platform or depository shall not have access to a notary public’s electro…
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(a) The Secretary of State may refuse to appoint any person as a notary public or may revoke or susp…
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(a) For a violation of any provision of this article, an online notarization platform or depository …
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(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Audio-video commu…
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Any waiver of the provisions of this article is contrary to public policy and is void and unenforcea…
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The provisions of this article are severable. If any provision of this article or its application is…
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Foreign state” means a governmen…
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(a) A notarial act performed in another state shall be afforded the same legal effect under the law …
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(a) A notarial act performed under the authority and in the jurisdiction of a federally recognized I…
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(a) A notarial act performed under federal law shall be afforded the same legal effect under the law…
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(a) If a notarial act is performed under authority and in the jurisdiction of a foreign state or con…
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The Legislature finds and declares that despite the fact that women apparently have greater equality…
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(a) There is in the state government the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls. The commission…
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(a) Public members of the commission shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) per diem while on offi…
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All meetings of the commission shall be open and public and all persons shall be permitted to attend…
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The commission shall have the powers and authority necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon it…
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(a) The commission shall study the following policy areas, including, but not limited to, for the pu…
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(a) The commission is expressly authorized to inform the Legislature of its position on any legislat…
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It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state to attempt to achieve an equitable relati…
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The commission shall do all of the following: (a) Evaluate the compensation and classification plans…
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With respect to its duties under Section 8248, the commission shall be an advisory commission only, …
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(a) The commission shall hire staff or contract for those experts or technical and professional serv…
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The Women and Girls Fund is hereby created as a fund in the State Treasury to carry out this chapter…
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Citizens Redistricting Commission General Provisions. (a) This chapter implements Article XXI of the…
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Citizens Redistricting Commission Selection Process. (a) (1) By August 15 in each year ending in the…
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Citizens Redistricting Commission Vacancy, Removal, Resignation, Absence. (a) In the event of substa…
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Citizens Redistricting Commission Miscellaneous Provisions. (a) The activities of the Citizens Redis…
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Citizens Redistricting Commission Compensation. Members of the commission shall be compensated at th…
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Citizens Redistricting Commission Budget, Fiscal Oversight. (a) In each year ending in nine, the Gov…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Asian and Pacific Islander American…
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The following definitions govern this chapter: (a) “Commission” means the Commission on Asian and Pa…
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(a) There is established in state government the Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American A…
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(a) A majority of the appointed members of the commission shall constitute a quorum to conduct busin…
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The commission shall do all of the following: (a) Advise the Governor, the Legislature, and state ag…
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By December 1 of each year, the commission shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the Leg…
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With respect to its duties under Section 8257, the commission shall be an advisory commission only, …
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(a) The commission may apply for and accept grants and receive gifts, donations, and other financial…
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(a) The State Department of Social Services, in consultation with the Commission on Asian and Pacifi…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Youth Empowerment Act.
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Commission” means the California…
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(a) There is in the Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement the California Youth Empow…
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(a) Excluding the initial staggering of terms, commissioners shall serve two-year terms. (b) Commiss…
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(a) Within six months of the commission’s establishment, and not later than March 1 of each subseque…
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Each public member of the commission shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) per diem while on offi…
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(a) The commission shall elect a chair, vice chair, and clerk from among its members at the first me…
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With respect to its duties, the commission shall be an advisory commission only. There shall be no r…
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The commission’s main purpose is to provide meaningful opportunities for actual civic engagement to …
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The commission shall conduct full commission meetings at least every other month, with the first mee…
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The affirmative votes of a majority of the commissioners at a full session or committee meeting are …
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The commission shall do the following: (a) Examine and discuss policy and fiscal issues affecting th…
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The commission shall carry out the duties imposed upon it by this chapter, and may do any of the fol…
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The Governor shall appoint an executive director of the California Youth Empowerment Commission. The…
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(a) The commission may accept gifts and grants from any source, public or private, to help perform i…
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This chapter shall be implemented upon appropriation by the Legislature.
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This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2030, and as of that date is repealed.
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(a) There is created in the State Government the California Law Revision Commission. (b) Commencing …
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(a) The commission consists of one Member of the Senate appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, …
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(a) The Committee on Revision of the Penal Code consists of one Member of the Senate appointed by th…
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(a) The members of the commission and committee shall serve without compensation, except that each m…
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(a) The commission shall select one of its members chairperson. Five members constitute a quorum of …
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The commission may appoint an executive director and fix the director’s compensation, in accordance …
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The commission may employ and fix the compensation, in accordance with law, of such professional, cl…
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The material of the State Library shall be made available to the commission and the committee. All s…
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A local governmental entity may give the committee full information and reasonable assistance in any…
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The Board of Trustees of the State Bar shall assist the commission and the committee in any manner t…
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(a) No employee of the commission and no member appointed by the Governor shall, with respect to any…
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The commission shall, within the limitations imposed by Section 8293: (a) Examine the common law and…
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The commission shall recommend the express repeal of all statutes repealed by implication, or held u…
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(a) The committee shall study and make recommendations on revision of the Penal Code to achieve all …
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The terms “dependent adult” and “de…
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(a) The commission and the committee shall submit their reports, and their recommendations as to rev…
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The commission and the committee may, within the limitations imposed by Section 8293, include in the…
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(a) The commission shall file a report at each regular session of the Legislature that shall contain…
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The commission’s and committee’s reports, exhibits, and proposed legislative measures shall be print…
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The commission and the committee shall confer and cooperate with any legislative committee on revisi…
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The commission and the committee may cooperate with any bar association or other learned, profession…
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The commission may, with the approval of the Director of General Services, enter into, amend and ter…
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The commission may study and recommend revisions to correct technical or minor substantive defects i…
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The joint powers agreement entered into by the City of Los Angeles, the County of Los Angeles, and t…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the “Apology Act for the Perpetration of Gross Hum…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) In 2020, the people of California e…
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(a) The State of California recognizes and accepts responsibility for all of the harms and atrocitie…
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(a) A plaque memorializing this apology, including the contents of Sections 8301.1 and 8301.2 shall …
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The Secretary of State shall submit a final copy of this formal apology to the State Archives, where…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of General Services and the Joint Rules C…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Commission” means the Racial Equity Commission established pursuant to…
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(a) There is established in state government a Racial Equity Commission, within the Office of Planni…
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(a) The commission shall develop resources, best practices, and tools for advancing racial equity, b…
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(a) The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its applicatio…
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(a) Up to six million dollars ($6,000,000) of the funds provided for this purpose in Item 6610-001-0…
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The inclusion of any question relative to an applicant’s race, sex, marital status, or religion in a…
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(a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Religious Freedom Act. (b) Notw…
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(a) This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Middle Eastern and North African Inclusion Act…
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(a) A state agency, board, or commission that directly or by contract collects demographic data as t…
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(a) On or after January 1, 2024, the State Controller’s Office, to the extent the State Controller’s…
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(a) This section shall only apply to the following state agencies: (1) The Department of Industrial …
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(a) (1) This section shall only apply to the following state entities: (A) The State Department of H…
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) The State of California curr…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “department” means the Civil Rights Department. (b) (1) For a comp…
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Wherever any notice or other communication is required by any law to be mailed by registered mail to…
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No officer or employee of the state or any county, city and county, city, or district who is concern…
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No officer or employee of the state or any county, city and county, city, or district who is concern…
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(a) It is unlawful for any elected state or local officer, including any state or local appointee, e…
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(a) In furtherance of Section 8314 and except as provided in subdivision (b), it shall be unlawful f…
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(a) “Racial discrimination” or “discrimination on the basis of race” for the purposes of Section 31 …
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(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), all new building and major renovation projects larger t…
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(a) Each state agency, as defined in subdivision (b), shall establish and maintain an index of the n…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “state agency” means a department or agency of the state, the Cali…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Citizen Complaint Act of 1997. All state agencie…
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(a) State agencies shall make available on the Internet, on or after July 1, 2001, unless otherwise …
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It is the intent of the Legislature that this chapter does not apply to the Reporting of Improper Go…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Grant Information Act of 2018. All state agenc…
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(a) On or before July 1, 2020, the California State Library shall create a funding opportunities int…
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(a) The California State Library shall provide an annual report to the Legislature on the effectiven…
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(a) (1) On or before July 1, 2020, each state agency shall register every grant the state agency adm…
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(a) On or before July 1, 2022, each state agency shall provide to the California State Library posta…
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(a) The Department of General Services shall apply for federal funds made available through the fede…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1990.
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Drug-free workplace” means a site for the performance of work done in …
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(a) Every person or organization awarded a contract or a grant for the procurement of any property o…
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(a) Each contract or grant awarded by a state agency may be subject to suspension of payments under …
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This chapter shall not be construed to require any contractor or grantee to ensure that other busine…
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As used in this chapter, except as otherwise provided: (a) “Director” means the Director of the Gove…
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(a) The Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement is hereby established in state governm…
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The work of the office shall be organized within the following offices or programs: (a) CaliforniaVo…
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Commencing on July 1, 2024, each of the following shall occur: (a) The Governor’s Office of Service …
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CaliforniaVolunteers, as established by Executive Order S-24-06, is hereby established in the Govern…
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The CaliforniaVolunteers shall engage Californians in service, volunteering, and civic action to tac…
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(a) CaliforniaVolunteers, as established by Executive Order S-24-06 and Section 8405, is authorized …
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As used in this article: (a) “Act” means the National and Community Service Trust Act, codified in S…
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(a) There is continued into existence a Board of Commissioners under CaliforniaVolunteers. (b) For p…
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(a) The Governor shall appoint 25 voting members to the commission as follows: (1) In compliance wit…
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Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for travel expense…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that through the creation of a single state entity to coordi…
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As used in this article: (a) “Community-based organizations” means a public or private nonprofit org…
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The Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications is hereby continued in existence i…
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Under the direction of the director, the executive officer shall initiate and execute campaigns rela…
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(a) The Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications is hereby established as an of…
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(a) In the selection of its awareness and outreach campaigns, the office shall consider all of the f…
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(a) As part of its core objective of managing the state’s highest priority public awareness and comm…
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State agencies and departments collaborating with the office, upon request, shall share relevant dat…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Indian tribe” means a federa…
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There is in the state government the Milton Marks “Little Hoover” Commission on California State Gov…
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For the purposes of expenditures for the support of the commission, including the expenses of the me…
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The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all nece…
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For the purposes of this chapter the Members of the Legislature serving as members of the commission…
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All vacancies in the commission membership shall be filled in the same manner in which original appo…
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The commission shall select from among its members a chairman and vice chairman, who shall not be re…
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Six members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
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It is the purpose of the Legislature in creating the commission, to secure assistance for the Govern…
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The Legislature finds that our system of government is a complex structure of interlocking relations…
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The commission, on its own motion, may, for the purpose of making reports and recommendations to ass…
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The commission shall review final reports and make recommendations to the Legislature and the Govern…
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(a) The Governor shall submit to the commission for study and recommendation any reorganization plan…
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The commission may devise a basic test to determine what, if any, governmental activities should be …
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The commission may submit to the Legislature and the Governor, at such time, or times, as the commis…
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In carrying out its duties and responsibilities, the commission shall have all of the following powe…
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With respect to the Bureau of State Audits, the commission shall do all of the following: (a) Review…
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(a) There is hereby created in state government the California State Auditor’s Office under the dire…
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The duties of the California State Auditor’s Office are to examine and report annually upon the fina…
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(a) The head of the office is the California State Auditor, who shall be appointed by the Governor f…
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The California State Auditor shall be chosen without reference to party affiliation and solely on th…
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In administering the fiscal policies of the California State Auditor’s Office, for each fiscal year,…
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The Chief Deputy California State Auditor shall be appointed by the California State Auditor. The Ch…
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The California State Auditor may be removed for cause at any time by concurrent resolution of the Le…
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(a) The annual salary for the California State Auditor shall be equal to that of agency secretaries …
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(a) Consistent with subdivision (i) of Section 8546, the California State Auditor may employ and fix…
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(a) (1) The California State Auditor shall require fingerprint images and related information from a…
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Persons employed by the office pursuant to Section 8544.1 shall be allowed to enroll in the Public E…
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All persons employed by the office pursuant to Section 8544.1 who were members of the Public Employe…
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The permanent office of the California State Auditor shall be in Sacramento or within a two-mile rad…
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(a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury the State Audit Fund. Notwithstanding Section …
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All unreimbursed expenditures of the office are defined as “administrative costs” defined in Section…
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The California State Auditor shall not destroy any papers or memoranda used to support a completed a…
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(a) The California State Auditor, and any employee or former employee of the office, shall not divul…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the California State Auditor during regular business…
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It is a misdemeanor for the California State Auditor or any employee of the California State Auditor…
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(a) In connection with any audit or investigation conducted by the California State Auditor, the Cal…
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(a) The superior court in the county in which any interview is held under the direction of the Calif…
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Any officer, employee, or person who, with intent to deceive or defraud, commits obstruction of the …
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It is the intent of the Legislature that the California State Auditor’s Office have the independence…
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(a) The California State Auditor shall conduct financial and performance audits as directed by statu…
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(a) The California State Auditor shall request that any state agency, as defined in Section 11000, w…
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The California State Auditor shall examine and report annually upon the financial statements otherwi…
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(a) The California State Auditor shall annually issue an auditor’s report based upon the general pur…
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(a) The California State Auditor may establish a high-risk government agency audit program for the p…
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The California State Auditor, in connection with any audit or investigation conducted pursuant to th…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every contract involving the expenditure of public funds…
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Unless the contrary is stated or clearly appears from the context, any reference to the Auditor Gene…
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(a) The California State Auditor may establish a high-risk local government agency audit program for…
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(a) The California State Auditor shall conduct an audit of the County of Mendocino by January 1, 202…
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the “California Whistleblower Protection Act.”
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The Legislature finds and declares that state employees should be free to report waste, fraud, abuse…
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For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) (1) “Employee…
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(a) An employee may not directly or indirectly use or attempt to use the official authority or influ…
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The State Auditor shall administer this article and shall investigate and report on improper governm…
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(a) The California State Auditor shall create the means for the submission of allegations of imprope…
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(a) The State Auditor may request the assistance of any state department, agency, or employee in eva…
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(a) If, after investigating an allegation, the California State Auditor finds that a state agency or…
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(a) A state employee or applicant for state employment who files a written complaint with his or her…
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Notwithstanding Section 19572, if the State Personnel Board determines that there is a reasonable ba…
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(a) A University of California employee, including an officer or faculty member, or applicant for em…
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(a) A University of California employee, including an officer or faculty member, may not directly or…
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(a) A California State University employee, including an officer or faculty member, or applicant for…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Agency” means the Supreme Court, the courts of appeal, the superio…
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An action for damages pursuant to this article shall not be subject to the claims presentation requi…
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For purposes of this article, “state agency” means every state office, officer, department, division…
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No later than April 1, 2002, the State Auditor shall prepare for state employees a written explanati…
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The State Auditor shall prepare for distribution to each state agency in an electronic format a noti…
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On July 1, 2002, and annually thereafter, every state agency shall send the information contained in…
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The California State Auditor shall post the information described in Section 8548.1 on the Internet …
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The intentional failure of a state agency to comply with any provision of this article shall constit…
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Omnibus Audit Accountability Act of 2006.
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(a) The State Auditor shall, for a period of time established by the State Auditor, but for no less …
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The state has long recognized its responsibility to mitigate the effects of natural, manmade, or war…
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This chapter may be cited as the “California Emergency Services Act.”
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Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article govern…
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“Governor” means the Governor or the person upon whom the powers and duties of the office of Governo…
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(a) “State agency” means any department, division, independent establishment, or agency of the execu…
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Three conditions or degrees of emergency are established by this chapter: (a) “State of war emergenc…
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(a) A “mutual aid region” is a subdivision of the state emergency services organization, established…
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(a) “Emergency plans” means those official and approved documents which describe the principles and …
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“Master Mutual Aid Agreement” means the California Disaster and Civil Defense Master Mutual Aid Agre…
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(a) “First responder” means an employee of the state or a local public agency who provides emergency…
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The Governor shall have the powers granted by this article, which powers shall be in addition to any…
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Nothing in this chapter shall operate to prevent the Governor from establishing a committee or board…
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The Governor is empowered to expend any appropriation for support of the California Emergency Servic…
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(a) The Governor may make, amend, and rescind orders and regulations necessary to carry out the prov…
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The State Emergency Plan shall be in effect in each political subdivision of the state, and the gove…
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The Governor shall coordinate the State Emergency Plan and those programs necessary for the mitigati…
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The Governor may, in accordance with the State Emergency Plan and programs for the mitigation of the…
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On or before July 31, 2015, the Office of Emergency Services shall update the State Emergency Plan t…
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(a) The Office of Emergency Services shall update the State Emergency Plan on or before January 1, 2…
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The Office of Emergency Services shall develop a guidance document to the state emergency plan to sp…
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(a) The Office of Emergency Services shall include in the next update of the State Hazard Mitigation…
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During a state of war emergency or a state of emergency the Governor may suspend any regulatory stat…
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Nothing in this article shall authorize the seizure or confiscation of any firearm or ammunition fro…
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In the exercise of the emergency powers hereby vested in him during a state of war emergency or stat…
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The Governor may cooperate with the President and the heads of the armed forces and other agencies o…
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None of the provisions of this chapter shall limit, modify, or abridge the powers vested in the Gove…
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In addition to any other authority conferred upon the Governor by this chapter, the Governor shall e…
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Any plan established pursuant to this article shall provide for an integrated and effective state pr…
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State agencies granted authority to implement a plan adopted under this article may use volunteer wo…
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State agencies designated to implement the contingency plan shall account for all state expenditures…
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The Governor shall require the administrator, not in conflict with the National Contingency Plan, to…
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(a) The administrator shall submit to the Governor and the Legislature an amended California oil spi…
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The Governor shall establish a state toxic disaster contingency plan pursuant to this article.
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(a) (1) A state toxic disaster contingency plan established pursuant to this article shall provide f…
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(a) For purposes of this article, a “toxic disaster” means an occurrence where toxic substances are …
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, in order to protect the public health and safety…
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The Office of Emergency Services shall manage the California Hazardous Substances Incident Response …
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(a) The Office of Emergency Services shall develop the curriculum to be used in classes that meet th…
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The Office of Emergency Services may hire professional and clerical staff pursuant to the State Civi…
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For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means the…
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(a) (1) The director shall establish a schedule of fees, to be paid by each person owning any of the…
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Every person who operates a railroad that transports hazardous materials by rail car shall register …
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The fee imposed pursuant to Section 8574.32 shall be administered and collected by the board in acco…
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The return required to be filed pursuant to Section 55040 of the Revenue and Taxation Code shall be …
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Notwithstanding the petition for redetermination and claim for refund provisions of the Fee Collecti…
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(a) The board may prescribe, adopt, and enforce regulations relating to the administration and enfor…
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(a) The Regional Railroad Accident Preparedness and Immediate Response Fund is hereby created in the…
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(a) (1) The director shall contract with the Department of Finance for the preparation of a detailed…
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(a) The Regional Railroad Accident Preparedness and Immediate Response Force is hereby created in th…
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For the purposes of the California Disaster and Civil Defense Master Mutual Aid Agreement, the Offic…
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Urban Heavy Rescue Act of 1988.
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the state have an urban heavy rescue capability in the …
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(a) (1) There is in state government, within the office of the Governor, the Office of Emergency Ser…
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The Office of Emergency Services shall be the lead agency for emergency response to a large, ongoing…
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(a) The director shall be appointed by, and hold office at the pleasure of, the Governor. The appoin…
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(a) All employees serving in state civil service, other than temporary employees, who are engaged in…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, for purpose of this article, the following definitions apply:…
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The office shall establish by rule and regulation various classes of disaster service workers and th…
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The office may certify the accredited status of local disaster councils, subject to the requirements…
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(a) The office may enter into an agreement directly with one or more certified community conservatio…
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The Governor shall assign all or part of his or her powers and duties under this chapter to the Offi…
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(a) The Office of Emergency Services shall establish and lead the California Cybersecurity Integrati…
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(a) (1) The office and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection shall jointly establish and le…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “office” means the Office of Wildfire Technology Research and Deve…
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(a) The Office of Emergency Services shall administer the Special District Fire Response Fund establ…
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(a) During a state of war emergency, a state of emergency, or a local emergency, the secretary shall…
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(a) The Department of Transportation shall, in cooperation with interested cities with Traffic Signa…
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(a) Prior to January 1, 2018, the office shall adopt a public education program to enhance the publi…
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(a) The Office of Emergency Services, in cooperation with the State Department of Education, the Dep…
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(a) The Office of Emergency Services, in collaboration with the California Institute of Technology (…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a critical need for a consistent and coordinate…
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(a) There is in state government, within the office, both of the following: (1) The California Earth…
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(a) On or before February 1, 2018, the office, in consultation with the board, shall develop and sub…
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Whenever conditions exist within any region or regions of the state that warrant the proclamation by…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that this state can only truly be prepared for the next disas…
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(a) The office shall establish a statewide donations system for private businesses and nonprofit org…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the responsibility of the State of California to p…
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To promote an increase in the number of trained disaster search dog teams, the office shall do all o…
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(a) The Office of Emergency Services shall procure mobile communication translators to enable mutual…
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Upon the proclamation of a state of emergency declared by the Governor, the Office of Emergency Serv…
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(a) The California State Nonprofit Security Grant Program is hereby established under the administra…
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(a) The director shall establish a Curriculum Development Advisory Committee to advise the office on…
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(a) The office shall contract with the California Fire Fighter Joint Apprenticeship Program to devel…
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(a) The Curriculum Development Advisory Committee, described in Section 8588.10, shall recommend cri…
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(a) The director shall appoint representatives of the access and functional needs population to serv…
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The Office of Emergency Services shall be permitted the use of all state and local fair properties a…
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(a) The Office of Emergency Services shall plan to establish the State Computer Emergency Data Excha…
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(a) The Office of Emergency Services, in consultation with the California Highway Patrol and other s…
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(a) A person who is acting as an agent for a transferor of real property that is located within a sp…
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(a) A person who is acting as an agent for a transferor of real property that is located within an a…
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(a) For the purposes of this section, “emergency action plan” means a written document that outlines…
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(a) The Office of Emergency Services shall develop model guidelines for local government agencies an…
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(a) In carrying out its responsibilities pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8574.17, the Office …
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the State Assistance for Fire Equipment Act.
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a growing need to find new ways to acquire fire…
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As used in this article: (a) “Acquire” means acquisition by purchase, grant, gift, or any other lawf…
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The office may acquire new or used firefighting apparatus and equipment for resale to local agencies…
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If a state agency, including the office, proposes to make firefighting apparatus or equipment which …
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(a) The office shall give first priority for the sale of new or used firefighting apparatus and equi…
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The office shall operate an information system which is capable of identifying firefighting apparatu…
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The office may contract with the California Correctional Training and Rehabilitation Authority to pe…
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There is hereby created in the General Fund the State Assistance for Fire Equipment Account, which, …
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Every contract with a local agency for the resale of firefighting apparatus and equipment shall spec…
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If a local agency defaults on a contract for the resale of firefighting apparatus and equipment, the…
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(a) After consultation with the California Emergency Management Agency Fire Advisory Committee, here…
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All state agencies, boards, and commissions shall cooperate with the office in implementing the prog…
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The director shall be responsible for the programs created by this article which, except as provided…
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(a) In every lease or rental agreement for residential property entered into on or after July 1, 201…
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(a) The Office of Emergency Services and California Volunteers, in coordination with Voluntary Organ…
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(a) (1) There is in the Office of Emergency Services the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission…
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(a) The commission shall elect annually from its membership its own chairperson and vice chairperson…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the members of the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commi…
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The commission may appoint from its membership, the engineering and design professions, the geotechn…
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(a) The commission exists as a separate unit within the Office of Emergency Services, and may recomm…
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(a) The commission exists as a separate unit within the Office of Emergency Services, and may recomm…
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The commission, in the discharge of its duties, may do any of the following to support monitoring an…
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In accordance with the administrative oversight and policies of the office, the commission shall app…
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(a) The personnel records of all transferred employees shall be transferred to the office. (b) The p…
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Firefighting Thermal Imaging Equipment Act of 20…
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As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Agency” or “office” m…
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There is established in the office a thermal imaging equipment purchasing program under which the of…
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In administering the purchasing program, the director shall do all of the following: (a) No later th…
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(a) The director shall seek funding for the program from the private sector, grant programs, and oth…
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For the purposes of this article: (a) “Comprehensive services” means primary services that include a…
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(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Human Trafficking Victims Assistance Fund. Mon…
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “California Residential Mitigatio…
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Upon appropriation by the Legislature, pursuant to this article, CRMP shall fund the seismic retrofi…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that there exists the California Residential Mitigation Progr…
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(a) The CRMP shall develop and administer the program in accordance with this article. (b) The progr…
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(a) The CRMP shall develop criteria and a scoring methodology to prioritize financial assistance pro…
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(a) The CRMP may accept any federal funds granted by an act of Congress or by executive order for an…
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(a) By January 1, 2027, and annually thereafter until January 1, 2042, the CRMP shall submit a repor…
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This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2042, and, as of January 1, 2043, is repealed.
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Nothing in this chapter shall operate to prevent the Governor or the Office of Emergency Services fr…
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(a) The Office of Emergency Services shall establish, and oversee the development, approval, and ado…
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(a) No later than January 31, 2021, the Office of Emergency Services shall enter into a memorandum o…
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This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Public Safety Communication Act of 2002.
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For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Backward compati…
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(a) The committee shall have primary responsibility in state government for both of the following: (…
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(a) The committee shall consult with the following organizations and entities: (1) California State …
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(a) The committee shall determine which state public safety departments listed in subdivision (b) of…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a state department that purchases public safety radio com…
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(a) A budget proposal submitted by a state agency for support of a new or modified radio system shal…
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A “911” call, as described in Section 2896.1 of the Public Utilities Code, from a commercial mobile …
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(a) The Office of Emergency Services shall take all necessary actions to maximize the efficiency of …
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(a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Manny Alert Act. (b) It is the intent of t…
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For purposes of this article, “office” means the Office of Emergency Services.
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(a) The office, in consultation with any persons that the office determines are relevant experts and…
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As used in this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Critical infrastructure control…
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(a) (1) On or before July 1, 2018, the department shall, in consultation with the office and complia…
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(a) Each state agency shall report on its compliance with the standards updated pursuant to Section …
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The information required by subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 8592.35, the report required by subd…
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(a) (1) The office shall direct the California Cybersecurity Integration Center to prepare a strateg…
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The Office of Emergency Services shall work with advocacy groups representing the deaf and hard of h…
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The Office of Emergency Services shall investigate the feasibility of, and the funding requirements …
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The Office of Emergency Services shall investigate the feasibility of establishing a toll-free 800 t…
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(a) A county, including a city and county, shall, upon the next update to its emergency plan, integr…
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(a) A county shall send a copy of its emergency plan to the Office of Emergency Services on or befor…
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(a) A county, including a city and county, shall, upon the next update to its emergency plan, integr…
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(a) A local government may enter into an agreement to access the contact information of resident acc…
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(a) A governing body of a postsecondary institution that receives state funds, including funds for s…
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(a) No later than six months after securing funding for the purposes of this section, the Director o…
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(a) On or before July 1, 2022, the Office of Emergency Services, in consultation with, at minimum, t…
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(a) (1) A county, including a city and county, may enter into an agreement with an adjacent county, …
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(a) The Office of Emergency Services shall, by January 1, 2022, develop best practices for counties …
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(a) For the purposes of this section, all of the following definitions apply: (1) “Cooling center” m…
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(a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Evacuation order” means …
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(a) (1) A county, including a city and county, shall, in advance of the next update to its emergency…
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(a) If a law enforcement agency receives a report that an abduction has occurred or that a child has…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “Silver Alert” means a notification system, activated pursuant to …
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(a) For purposes of this section, “Endangered Missing Advisory” means a notification system, activat…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms apply: (1) “Feather Alert” means a notificatio…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “Ebony Alert” means a notification system, activated pursuant to s…
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(a) Translating emergency notifications into the most commonly spoken language other than English is…
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The Governor may assign to a state agency any activity concerned with the mitigation of the effects …
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(a) Each department, division, bureau, board, commission, officer, and employee of this state shall …
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Whenever a state of emergency is proclaimed to exist within any region or area, or whenever a state …
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Whenever a local emergency exists within a region or area of the state and the Department of the Cal…
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The Office of Emergency Services shall develop a plan for state and local governmental agencies to u…
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The plan required by Section 8599 shall address, at a minimum, all of the following issues: (a) A fo…
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(a) The Governor with the advice of the Office of Emergency Services is hereby authorized and empowe…
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Each county is designated as an operational area. In a state of war emergency each operational area …
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(a) The Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with all interested state agencies with design…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that a statewide system for fire hydrants be adopted so that…
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(a) All public water systems, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 116275 of the Health and Safe…
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The Office of Emergency Services shall approve and adopt, and incorporate the California Animal Resp…
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A city or county that requires a kennel license or permit to operate a kennel within its jurisdictio…
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State agencies granted authority by the Governor, the Business Continuity Task Force, the Emergency …
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Any disaster preparedness or response official may be specifically identified by name and title in a…
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(a) Counties, cities and counties, and cities may create disaster councils by ordinance. A disaster …
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) The Office of Emergency Services, in consu…
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(a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Office” means the Office of Emergency Services. (2) “Previous…
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Counties, cities and counties, and cities may provide for the calling of test exercises, either sing…
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Any disaster council that both agrees to follow the rules and regulations established by the Office …
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Should an accredited disaster council fail to comply with the rules and regulations of the Office of…
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(a) Each department, division, bureau, board, commission, officer, and employee of each political su…
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It is the purpose of the Legislature in enacting this article to facilitate the rendering of aid to …
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During any state of war emergency or state of emergency when the need arises for outside aid in any …
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In periods other than a state of war emergency, a state of emergency, or a local emergency, state ag…
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Unless otherwise expressly provided by the parties, the responsible local official in whose jurisdic…
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The Governor may on behalf of this state enter into reciprocal aid agreements or compacts, mutual ai…
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(a) The Office of Emergency Services, in consultation with relevant local and state agencies, shall …
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During a state of war emergency the Governor shall have complete authority over all agencies of the …
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During a state of war emergency every department, commission, agency, board, officer, and employee o…
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During a state of war emergency, the Governor, any state agency, or any agency acting under the auth…
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During a state of war emergency, any person holding a license, certificate, or other permit issued b…
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All of the powers granted the Governor by this chapter with respect to a state of war emergency shal…
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The Governor is hereby empowered to proclaim a state of emergency in an area affected or likely to b…
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Such proclamation shall be in writing and shall take effect immediately upon its issuance. As soon t…
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During a state of emergency the Governor shall, to the extent he deems necessary, have complete auth…
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(a) The Governor may make, amend, or rescind orders and regulations during a state of emergency that…
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(a) During a period for which the Governor has issued a proclamation of a state of emergency under t…
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During a state of emergency the Governor may direct all agencies of the state government to utilize …
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(a) During a state of emergency, the Governor may direct all state agencies to utilize, employ, and …
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The Governor shall proclaim the termination of a state of emergency at the earliest possible date th…
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(a) A local emergency may be proclaimed only by the governing body of a city, county, or city and co…
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In periods of local emergency, political subdivisions have full power to provide mutual aid to any a…
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State agencies may provide mutual aid, including personnel, equipment, and other available resources…
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In the absence of a state of war emergency or state of emergency, the cost of extraordinary services…
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During a local emergency the governing body of a political subdivision, or officials designated ther…
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The Legislature recognizes that if this state or nation were attacked by an enemy of the United Stat…
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As used in this article, “unavailable” means that an officer is either killed, missing, or so seriou…
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Each political subdivision may provide for the succession of officers who head departments having du…
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To provide for the continuance of the legislative and executive departments of the political subdivi…
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The qualifications of each standby officer should be carefully investigated, and the governing body …
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Each standby officer shall take the oath of office required for the officer occupying the office for…
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Each standby officer shall have the following duties: (a) To inform himself or herself of the duties…
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Whenever a state of war emergency a state of emergency or a local emergency exists the governing bod…
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During a state of war emergency a state of emergency or a local emergency the governing body shall: …
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Should all members of the governing body, including all standby members, be unavailable, temporary o…
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In addition to any appropriation made to support activities contemplated by this chapter, the Govern…
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In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the Governor may: (a) Procure and maintain offices i…
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(a) Whenever the federal government or any agency or officer thereof shall offer to the state, or th…
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The Governor may reimburse any state agency for funds expended in the performance of any and all act…
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Subject to the approval of the Department of Finance, any state agency may use its personnel, proper…
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Any funds received by state agencies as reimbursement for services or supplies furnished under the a…
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The Director of Emergency Services may procure from the federal government or any of its agencies su…
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Before payment may be made by the state to any person in reimbursement for taking or damaging privat…
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In the event that the Governor, during a state of war emergency or a state of emergency and in the e…
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(a) Whenever the Governor has proclaimed a state of emergency and the President has declared an emer…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that financial assistance is essential to meet disaster-relat…
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(a) There is hereby created the California Emergency Relief Fund as a special fund in the State Trea…
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The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Catastrophic threats exist to lives, property,…
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For purposes of this section: (a) “Joint powers authority” means the agency or entity designated or …
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(a) The Office of Emergency Services shall enter into a joint powers agreement, in accordance with t…
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(a) The State Fire Marshal, in consultation with the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection and th…
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Designated wildfire hazard areas eligible for financial assistance under the wildfire mitigation pro…
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(a) The joint powers authority may accept any federal funds granted, by act of Congress or by execut…
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(a) The joint powers authority shall develop eligibility criteria for property owners, community org…
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(a) The joint powers authority may enter into cooperative agreements with any of the following eligi…
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(a) The operation of this article is contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature in the annu…
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The state or its political subdivisions shall not be liable for any claim based upon the exercise or…
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(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Community warning…
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All of the privileges and immunities from liability; exemptions from laws, ordinances, and rules; al…
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(a) Volunteers duly enrolled or registered with the Office of Emergency Services or any disaster cou…
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(a) (1) A private business utilizing the donations system, pursuant to Section 8588.2 that voluntari…
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In any case in which an emergency endangering the lives of inmates of a state, county, or city penal…
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(a) Any physician or surgeon (whether licensed in this state or any other state), hospital, pharmaci…
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No other state or its officers or employees rendering aid in this state pursuant to any interstate a…
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No organization established under the authority of this chapter shall participate in any form of pol…
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Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or who refuses or willfully neglects t…
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If any section, subdivision, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase in this chapter, or the applica…
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(a) Any disaster council previously accredited, the State Civil Defense and Disaster Plan, the State…
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The article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Law Enforcement Peer Support and Crisis Referra…
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(a) A local or regional law enforcement agency may establish a peer support and crisis referral prog…
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For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Confidential com…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a law enforcement personnel, whether or not a party to an…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a peer support team member who provides peer su…
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This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Firefighter Peer Support and Crisis…
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(a) To be eligible for the confidentiality protections afforded by this article, a peer support team…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a law enforcement personnel, whether or not a part…
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(a) Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel, alongside and including firefighters, frequently res…
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(a) The state or any local or regional public fire agency may establish a Peer Support and Crisis Re…
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For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Confidential com…
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(a) A peer support program for local or regional public fire agencies shall be implemented through a…
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(a) In any civil, administrative, or arbitration proceeding, an emergency service personnel, whether…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), an emergency service personnel who provides pee…
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(a) In order to be eligible for the confidentiality protections afforded by this article, each peer …
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For purposes of this article: (a) “Confidential communication” means any information, including writ…
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(a) An EMS provider may establish a peer support and crisis referral program. The program shall be r…
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(a) Other than in a criminal proceeding, an EMS personnel, whether or not a party to an action, has …
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a peer support team member who provides peer su…
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(a) To be eligible for the confidentiality protections afforded by this article, a peer support team…
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(a) This article does not supersede, create requirements, or otherwise impact peer support programs …
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This chapter, Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 8574.1) of Chapter 7 of the Government Code, and …
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The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Each year, billions of gallons of crude oil and p…
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Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions shall govern the construction of th…
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There shall be an administrator for oil spill response. The administrator shall be a chief deputy di…
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The Governor shall ensure that the state fully and adequately responds to all oil spills in waters o…
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If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held i…
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(a) The administrator shall ensure that he or she has available for support, either under direct emp…
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(a) The administrator, subject to the Governor, has the primary authority to direct prevention, remo…
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(a) The administrator may adopt regulations to implement this chapter pursuant to the Administrative…
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(a) The administrator shall carry out programs to provide training for individuals in response, cont…
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The administrator may offer grants to a local government, federally recognized tribe, or other publi…
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The administrator may use volunteer workers in response, containment, restoration, wildlife rehabili…
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(a) The administrator shall enter into discussions on behalf of the state with the States of Alaska,…
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(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in coordination with all appropriate federal, state, …
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In addition to Section 8670.10, the administrator, in cooperation with the United States Coast Guard…
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(a) The administrator shall conduct studies and evaluations necessary for improving oil spill respon…
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On or before January 1, 2022, the administrator shall hold a technology workshop that shall include …
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(a) The administrator shall periodically evaluate the feasibility of requiring new technologies to a…
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(a) The administrator shall license all oil spill cleanup agents, and shall adopt regulations govern…
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The administrator shall prepare and periodically revise regulations regarding licensing of oil spill…
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If dispersants are used in response to an oil spill in state waters, the administrator shall provide…
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The administrator shall coordinate the oil spill prevention and response programs and facility, tank…
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The administrator shall take any action necessary and appropriate to promote the adoption of statute…
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(a) The administrator shall adopt regulations regarding the equipment, personnel, and operation of v…
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The administrator may, for purposes of efficiency, safety, or implementation consistency, provide fo…
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(a) The administrator shall adopt regulations governing tugboat escorts for tank ships and tank barg…
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(a) The administrator may inspect or cause to be inspected on a regular basis all vessels. (b) The a…
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(a) The administrator shall periodically conduct a comprehensive review of all oil spill contingency…
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(a) For the purposes of this section, “vessel” means a vessel, as defined in Section 21 of the Harbo…
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(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Vessels” means ve…
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Any vessel that is not in compliance with the time schedules and requirements relating to double hul…
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(a) The administrator shall establish Harbor Safety Committees for harbors and adjacent regions of S…
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(a) Each harbor safety committee established pursuant to Section 8670.23 shall be responsible for pl…
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that because the administrator must rely on the expert…
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(a) The administrator shall evaluate all pilotage areas in the state. This evaluation shall include …
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(a) A person who, without regard to intent or negligence, causes or permits any oil to be discharged…
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(a) (1) Without regard to intent or negligence, any party responsible for the discharge or threatene…
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Any local or state agency responding to an oil spill shall notify the Office of Emergency Services, …
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(a) (1) All potentially responsible parties for an oil spill and all of their agents and employees a…
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(a) The administrator, taking into consideration the facility or vessel contingency plan requirement…
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An operator shall maintain a level of readiness that will allow effective implementation of the appl…
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(a) In accordance with the rules, regulations, and policies established by the administrator pursuan…
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(a) An oil spill response organization may apply to the administrator for a rating of that OSRO’s re…
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(a) The administrator may review each oil spill contingency plan that has been approved pursuant to …
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(a) Each oil spill contingency plan required under this article shall be submitted to the administra…
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(a) A spill management team (SMT) may apply to the administrator for a certification of that SMT’s r…
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(a) If the operator of a tank ship or tank barge for which a contingency plan has not been approved …
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This article shall not apply to any tank vessel, nontank vessel, or vessel carrying oil as a seconda…
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(a) The administrator, taking into consideration the California oil spill contingency plan, shall pr…
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The administrator shall, within five working days after receipt of a contingency plan prepared pursu…
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(a) To reduce the damages and costs from spills, the administrator shall develop an outreach program…
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(a) The administrator, with the assistance of the State Lands Commission, the California Coastal Com…
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(a) The administrator shall establish a network of rescue and rehabilitation stations for wildlife i…
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(a) A tank vessel or vessel carrying oil as a secondary cargo shall not be used to transport oil acr…
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The certificate of financial responsibility shall be conclusive evidence that the person or entity h…
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(a) To receive a certificate of financial responsibility for a tank vessel or for all of the oil con…
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(a) For the purposes of this chapter, financial responsibility may be demonstrated by evidence of in…
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(a) An owner or operator of more than one tank vessel, vessel carrying oil as a secondary cargo, non…
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If the administrator determines that, because of a spill outside of the state or some other action o…
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No certificate of financial responsibility shall have a term greater than two years. The administrat…
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(a) A nontank vessel shall not enter waters of the state unless the nontank vessel owner or operator…
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(a) The Oil Spill Prevention and Administration Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. The mo…
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(a) The administrator shall administer the fund in accordance with this article. (b) The administrat…
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(a) The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration shall collect an oil spill prevention an…
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(a) For each fiscal year, consistent with this article, the administrator shall submit, as a propose…
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(a) The administrator shall charge a nontank vessel owner or operator a reasonable fee, to be collec…
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(a) The administrator and the State Lands Commission, independently, shall contract with the Departm…
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(a) The Oil Spill Response Trust Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Secti…
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(a) The administrator shall administer the fund in accordance with this article. (b) The administrat…
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The following shall be deposited into the fund: (a) The fee required pursuant to Section 8670.48. (b…
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(a) (1) A uniform oil spill response fee in an amount not exceeding twenty-five cents ($0.25) for ea…
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(a) The administrator may raise the fees specified in Section 8670.48 to a maximum of one dollar ($1…
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(a) (1) The administrator may only expend money from the fund to pay for any of the following, subje…
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(a) Money from the fund may only be expended to cover the costs incurred by the state and local gove…
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(a) When a person has obtained a final judgment for damages resulting from an oil spill in waters of…
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(a) (1) Upon learning of an oil spill, the administrator shall immediately designate the responsible…
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The Attorney General, in consultation with the administrator, shall undertake actions to recover all…
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(a) Following an oil spill, the administrator, in consultation with the Treasurer, shall notify the …
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Money borrowed pursuant to this chapter, including draws on the financial security obtained pursuant…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Bond” means any bond, …
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(a) With the exception of borrowing from the Pooled Money Investment Account, which shall be on the …
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Any financial arrangements made or issued pursuant to this article or subdivision (o) of Section 867…
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(a) All financial arrangements made or issued pursuant to this article or subdivision (o) of Section…
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Notwithstanding Section 13340, there is hereby appropriated from the fund, without regard to fiscal …
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Whenever the Treasurer determines that it will increase the marketability or reduce the cost of obta…
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Section 10295 and Sections 10336 to 10381, inclusive, of the Public Contract Code shall not apply to…
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(a) The Oil Spill Technical Advisory Committee, hereafter in this article, the committee, is hereby …
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(a) The committee shall provide recommendations to the administrator, the State Lands Commission, th…
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(a) The committee shall convene a taskforce, including appropriate state and federal governmental re…
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The administrator may expend from the Oil Spill Prevention and Administration Fund any amounts neces…
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(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that because the administrator must rely on expertise …
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(a) A responsible party, as defined in Section 8670.3, shall be absolutely liable without regard to …
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(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (d), and subject to subdivision (c), a person, in…
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(a) When the administrator determines that any person has engaged in, is engaged in, or threatens to…
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Every civil action commenced pursuant to this chapter or Division 7.8 (commencing with Section 8750)…
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(a) Any civil action brought pursuant to this chapter, or pursuant to Division 7.8 (commencing with …
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The civil and criminal penalties provided in this chapter and Division 7.8 (commencing with Section …
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(a) For purposes of this chapter, “wildlife rehabilitation” means those actions that are necessary t…
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(a) Any person who discharges oil into waters of the state, upon order of the administrator, shall d…
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(a) No provision of this chapter, or of Division 7.8 (commencing with Section 8750) of the Public Re…
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(a) A person who commits any of the following acts shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonme…
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Except as otherwise provided in Section 8670.64, any person who knowingly violates any provision of …
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(a) Any person who intentionally or negligently does any of the following acts shall be subject to a…
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(a) Any person who intentionally or negligently does any of the following acts shall be subject to a…
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(a) Regardless of intent or negligence, any person who causes or permits a spill shall be strictly l…
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(a) The administrator may issue a complaint to any person on whom civil liability may be imposed pur…
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After the time for review has expired for a violation under this chapter or Division 36 (commencing …
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Any operator of a small craft refueling dock who fails to register in compliance with subdivision (c…
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Twenty-five percent of any penalty collected under this article shall be paid to the agency or offic…
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Actions on behalf of the state or any other public entity to enforce Section 8670.61.5 through injun…
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(a) When the administrator determines that any person has undertaken, or is threatening to undertake…
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Within 30 days after service of a copy of a cease and desist order issued by the administrator under…
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The Environmental Enhancement Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. All penalties collected …
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(a) The administrator shall fund only those projects approved by the Environmental Enhancement Commi…
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(a) The Environmental Enhancement Committee is hereby created. The committee shall consist of the fo…
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(a) The Environmental Enhancement Grant Program is hereby established. Project proposals shall be so…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Disaster Assistance Act.
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Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article govern…
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“Local agency” means any city, city and county, county, county office of education, community colleg…
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“Disaster” means a fire, flood, storm, tidal wave, earthquake, terrorism, epidemic, or other similar…
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“Project” means the repair or restoration, or both, other than normal maintenance, or the replacemen…
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“Project application” means the written application made by a local agency to the director for state…
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“Director” means the Director of Emergency Services.
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“State agency” means the Department of Transportation, the Department of Water Resources, the Depart…
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“Local emergency” means a condition of extreme peril to persons or property proclaimed as such by th…
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The director shall administer this chapter. The director may delegate any power or duty vested in hi…
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To the extent that funds are allocated therefor, a state agency, when requested by the director, sha…
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The project proposal executed between a local agency and the director pursuant to Section 8685.6 sha…
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When certified by the director, claims of local agencies for payment shall be presented to the Contr…
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The director shall adopt regulations, as necessary, to govern the administration of the disaster ass…
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(a) Whenever funds are available for purposes of this chapter, the director shall make allocations f…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature: (1) To provide the Governor with appropriate emergency powe…
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From any moneys appropriated for that purpose, and subject to the conditions specified in this artic…
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An allocation may be made to a local agency for a project when, within 10 days after the actual occu…
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A local agency shall make application to the director for state financial assistance within 60 days …
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No money shall be allocated for a project until the local agency has indicated in writing its accept…
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Any work performed by a state agency at the request of a local agency shall be agreed upon in writin…
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Under procedures to be prescribed by the director, a local agency may receive an advance of funds to…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including Section 8686, for any eligible project, the st…
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(a) For any eligible project, the state share shall amount to no more than 75 percent of total state…
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(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 8686, the state share shall be up to 100 percent of t…
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When the United States or any agency thereof is to provide disaster relief funds for any portion of …
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Local agencies shall undertake to recover maximum federal participation in funding projects. No fund…
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(a) Whenever the local agency and the director determine for projects that the general public and st…
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If the director determines that a local agency is financially unable to meet the matching requiremen…
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Deferred payments made by a local agency pursuant to Section 8686.8 shall be made by the agency: (a)…
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Notwithstanding Section 8686, whenever the director determines that a local agency to which funds ar…
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Whenever the director determines that a local agency which would otherwise be eligible for funds und…
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If the local agency, under Section 8687.4, is a county, the amount contributed by the county shall n…
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(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Agency” or “offic…
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If the local agency, under Section 8687.4, is a county, the director, in determining whether the cou…
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Funding and financial assistance provided to local governments in response to an emergency, as that …
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Income from investment of moneys in the fund and all payments by local agencies in reimbursement of …
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(a) The Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account is hereby established in the Special Fund for…
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Any county which distributed funds to other local agencies pursuant to Chapter 16 of the Statutes of…
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The Disaster Assistance Fund, referred to as “fund” in this article, is hereby created as a special …
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The Controller shall establish the following special account in the Disaster Assistance Fund. The Ea…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Farr Economic Disaster Act of 1984.
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The Legislature finds and declares that the disaster response of state agencies does not adequately …
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(a) Upon the completion of the emergency phase and the immediate recovery phase of a disaster, appro…
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The Director of Emergency Services, in executing the purposes of this chapter, shall establish appro…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Political subdivision” inc…
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Upon a declaration of a shelter crisis, the following provisions shall apply during the period of th…
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(a) The Flexible Assistance for Survivors (FAS) pilot grant program is hereby established, to be adm…
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(a) (1) By July 1, 2026, the office shall submit a progress report to the Legislature in compliance …
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This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2028, and, as of January 1, 2029, is repealed.
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The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) The United States and Mexican economies have b…
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The following definitions shall govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Office” means the Offi…
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(a) There is in state government an Office of California-Mexico Affairs. Within this office the oper…
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The members of the Southwest Border Regional Conference shall be the Governors of the four American …
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The office shall further and develop favorable relations with the State of Baja California, the Stat…
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The Governor shall appoint a director of the office. The director may appoint and employ any personn…
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Members and employees of the office may travel outside of California and may hold hearings and condu…
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The office shall be responsible for the establishment of committees in those topic areas deemed nece…
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This chapter may be cited as the “Apology Act for the 1930s Mexican Repatriation Program.”
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Beginning in 1929, government authoriti…
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The State of California apologizes to those individuals described in Section 8721 for the fundamenta…
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A plaque commemorating the individuals described in Section 8721 shall be installed and maintained b…
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The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) That Latino Americans have made major contributio…
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The Board of Trustees for the California Museum of Latino History, Art, and Culture shall, on or bef…
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State moneys, from whichever fund appropriated, may be used only for developing preliminary plans an…
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The state shall have no liability arising from the project and its operation, and shall have no oper…
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The Legislature perceives that life in California is enriched by art. The source of art is in the na…
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(a) There is in the state government an Arts Council which shall be composed of 11 members. On or be…
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If any member of the council is an employee, member, director, or officer of any arts organization t…
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The council shall meet at the call of the chairperson no more than eight times each calendar year. U…
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The council shall: (a) Encourage artistic awareness, participation and expression. (b) Help independ…
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The council shall not make any grants or fund any program which has not been established pursuant to…
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(a) The California Arts Council Contribution and Donations Fund is hereby created in the State Treas…
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The Governor shall appoint a director for the Arts Council. The council may delegate to the director…
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Upon nomination by the council, the Governor may grant special recognition to any citizen with excep…
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The executive or principal office of the Arts Council shall be located in the County of Sacramento. …
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Dixon-Zenovich-Maddy California Arts Act of 1975…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Adjusted gross revenue” means th…
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(a) The Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. (b) Upon app…
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If any provision or application of this chapter is declared illegal, invalid, or inoperative, in who…
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(a) As used in this chapter, “state-designated cultural district” means a geographical area certifie…
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The council may solicit and receive gifts, donations, bequests, grants of funds, or any other revenu…
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(a) The position of California Poet Laureate is hereby established. (b) The California Poet Laureate…
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The Arts Council may establish an appropriate stipend for the California Poet Laureate and shall pro…
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The California Poet Laureate shall, as a condition of the appointment, assume the following minimum …
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The Arts Council shall, commencing in 2010 and every 10 years thereafter, and with the agreement of …
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The council may solicit and receive gifts, donations, bequests, grants of funds, or any other revenu…
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(a) The position of California Teen Poet Laureate is hereby established. (b) The California Teen Poe…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Public Broadcasting Act of 1975.
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The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) It is the policy of this state to support and enc…
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The definitions contained in this article shall govern the construction of this chapter unless the c…
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“Commission” means the California Public Broadcasting Commission.
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“Corporation for Public Broadcasting” means the corporation established pursuant to Section 396 of T…
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“Instructional programming” means public broadcast programming which is curriculum related, whether …
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“Interconnection” means the use of apparatus or equipment for the electronic transmission and distri…
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“Public broadcast programming” means programming intended for presentation on public broadcast stati…
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“Public broadcasting station” means a noncommercial educational broadcasting station licensed as suc…
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“Instructional committee” means the instructional broadcast advisory committee created by Article 4 …
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“Radio committee” means the radio advisory committee created by Article 4 (commencing with Section 8…
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“T.V. committee” means the television advisory committee created by Article 4 (commencing with Secti…
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If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held i…
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The California Public Broadcasting Commission is hereby created in state government as an independen…
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The commission shall consist of 11 members, as follows: (a) Five members appointed by the Governor f…
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Appointees to the commission shall be persons who are eminent in such fields as education, cultural …
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The appointive members of the commission shall be compensated at the rate of one hundred dollars ($1…
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The commission shall select annually from among its membership a chairman and vice chairman.
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The commission shall appoint an executive secretary and employ such staff as it may deem necessary i…
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The commission shall, in carrying out its responsibility and exercising its authority, make maximum …
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(a) The commission shall adopt and enforce reasonable standards governing the acceptance of any sala…
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The meetings of the commission shall be open and public in accordance with Article 9 (commencing wit…
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The commission shall develop and support a statewide policy to encourage the orderly growth and deve…
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The commission may make grants to public broadcasting stations in order to aid in the improvement of…
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The commission may cause to be established, managed, and operated systems of interconnection and oth…
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The commission may, taking into account the advice of the radio committee or the T.V. committee, as …
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The commission may apply for, receive, and distribute federal funds, state funds, and other public o…
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The commission may conduct, through grants or contracts, research and demonstration activities in ma…
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The commission may enter into contracts, leases, and other arrangements, and shall do all things nec…
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The commission shall perform its duties under this chapter in a manner that will assure the maximum …
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The commission shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature, on or before Decem…
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At its first meeting, the commission shall establish the radio committee, the T.V. committee, and th…
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Each public radio station may appoint a representative to the radio committee, and each public telev…
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The commission shall also establish the instructional committee composed of one member and one alter…
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The instructional committee shall advise the commission on instructional programming. In fulfilling …
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There is hereby appropriated to the California Public Broadcasting Commission the sum of two hundred…
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The commission shall annually distribute the total amount, less the commission’s necessary administr…
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The commission shall, after consultation with the radio, television, and instructional broadcast com…
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(a) The commission shall prepare an annual financial statement showing all income and expenditures f…
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Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to supersede the responsibilities of a state agency or regio…
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For purposes of this article, “eligible radio station” means a radio station that, at the time of ap…
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For purposes of this article, “eligible television station” means a television station that, at the …
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For the purposes of this article, “nonfederal financial support” means the total sum of revenues fro…
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For purposes of this article, “station” or “public broadcasting station” means any eligible radio or…
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(a) Recognizing the necessity of converting California stations to the technologies of digital broad…
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It is the intent of the Legislature that any funds provided to stations under this article shall sup…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Public Works Project Peer Review Act of 2013.
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(a) An administering agency may establish a peer review group. (b) If an administering agency establ…
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(a) There is created the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission, consisting of nine memb…
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In carrying out the purposes of this chapter, the commission may charge fees to the lead underwriter…
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The chairperson of the commission, on its behalf, may employ an executive director and other persons…
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The commission may, upon request, advise local agencies regarding the formation of local bond poolin…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Tax Reform Act of 1986 (Publ…
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This chapter is enacted to implement the state volume limit established in Section 1301 of the Feder…
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(a) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this sectio…
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(a) There is in state government the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, consisting of six m…
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(a) The committee shall, as soon as is practicable after the start of each calendar year, determine …
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(a) Each state agency shall apply to the committee for allocation of a portion of the state ceiling,…
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(a) Subject to any limitations on transferred private activity bond limit as may be provided in subd…
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The committee may request local agencies and state agencies to provide the committee with informatio…
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The committee may transfer any private activity bond limit directly to any joint powers authority cr…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the committee may, upon any terms and condition…
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(a) The committee may charge fees to the lead underwriter, the bond purchaser, or the bond issuer to…
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This chapter is intended to provide a full, fair, flexible, and workable means of utilizing the stat…
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To the extent that any provision of this chapter is held to be inconsistent with or repugnant to the…
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The Treasurer, or his or her designee, is designated as the state official to certify that an issue …
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(a) The committee may adopt, amend, or repeal rules and regulations pursuant to this chapter as emer…
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(a) The committee may adopt, amend, or repeal rules and regulations pursuant to this chapter as emer…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall govern the construction of th…
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A program is hereby established within all cities, both general law and chartered, and all counties …
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Local building departments shall do all of the following: (a) Identify all potentially hazardous bui…
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Local jurisdictions undertaking inventories and providing structural evaluations of potentially haza…
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The Seismic Safety Commission shall report annually to the Legislature on the filing of mitigation p…
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The Seismic Safety Commission shall coordinate the earthquake-related responsibilities of government…
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On and after January 1, 1993, the transferor, or his or her agent, of any unreinforced masonry build…
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If the transferee has received notice pursuant to Section 8875.8, and has not brought the building o…
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(a) An owner who has received actual or constructive notice that a building located in seismic zone …
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Section 8875.8 shall not apply to either one of the following: (a) Unreinforced masonry construction…
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No transfer of title shall be invalidated on the basis of a failure to comply with this chapter.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (a) This state is located along a major tec…
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The Legislature hereby requests that on or after July 1, 1996, the University of California establis…
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The center shall disseminate its findings among the academic community, design professionals, govern…
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The center shall cooperate and coordinate with other leading organizations in the earthquake enginee…
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(a) The Legislature finds that the National Science Foundation will require the center to provide an…
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The governance, administration, and operation of the center shall be established by agreement betwee…
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In carrying out its responsibilities under this chapter, the Seismic Safety Commission, in close con…
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Funding for the Seismic Safety Commission under this chapter shall be made available by interagency …
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(a) The Earthquake Risk Reduction Fund of 1996 is hereby created in the State Treasury for support o…
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No provision of this chapter shall apply to the Regents of the University of California, unless the …
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Disaster Recovery Reconstruction Act of 1986.
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The Legislature finds and declares that the impact of the Mexico City earthquake disaster of Septemb…
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It is the purpose of this chapter to authorize, guide, and otherwise enable cities, counties, and ot…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Disaster” means a devastating earthquake or other conditions specified…
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Each city, county, or other local subdivision of the state, in conjunction with planning activities …
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Each city, county, or other local subdivision of the state may take such actions as are necessary to…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Earthquake Safety and Housing Rehabil…
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As used in this chapter, and for the purposes of this chapter as used in the State General Obligatio…
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(a) Of the proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter, eighty million dollars ($80,0…
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Of the proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter, seventy million dollars ($70,000,…
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Notwithstanding the allocation of bond proceeds specified in Sections 8878.20 and 8878.21, the direc…
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Bonds in the total amount of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000), exclusive of refundin…
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The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed a…
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(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Oblig…
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The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized …
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There shall be collected annually in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is …
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Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General …
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For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, auth…
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All money deposited in the fund which is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold sha…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds auth…
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Any bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter may be refunded by the issuance of refunding bond…
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The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investm…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Earthquake Safety and Public Buildings Rehabilit…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California is likely to experience mode…
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As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Agency” or “office” m…
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The Earthquake Safety and Public Buildings Rehabilitation Fund of 1990 is hereby created. The procee…
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(a) State building or facility projects eligible for retrofitting, reconstruction, repair, replaceme…
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The Director of General Services shall provide to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the cha…
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(a) The State Architect, with the consultation of the Seismic Safety Commission and the office, shal…
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Applications for funds for local government buildings under this article shall be made to the State …
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Any appropriation of bond funds pursuant to this article may include provisions as agreed by the par…
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Allocations are limited to only the seismic rehabilitation portion of the improvement project, as de…
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(a) Allocations made by the State Architect to local governments shall only be used to improve exist…
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Funds shall be distributed by the State Architect in the following manner: (a) Upon receipt of an ap…
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(a) An application for an allocation pursuant to this article shall not be recommended for approval …
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For a local government to be eligible for funding, the local government must have complied with Chap…
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First priority for allocations of funds shall be given to projects located in seismic hazard zone 4,…
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Operation and maintenance costs shall be the responsibility of the grantee and may not be considered…
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Funds allocated pursuant to this article shall be available for expenditure by the local government …
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(a) The office and the State Architect, after public notice and hearing and with the concurrence of …
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The office shall notify local governments that may be eligible for grants pursuant to this article o…
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Bonds in the total amount of two hundred ninety-two million five hundred ten thousand dollars ($292,…
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The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed a…
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(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Oblig…
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The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized …
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There shall be collected annually in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is …
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Notwithstanding Section 13340, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treas…
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For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, auth…
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All moneys derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved and shall be av…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds auth…
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Any bonds issued and sold pursuant to this article may be refunded by the issuance of refunding bond…
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The “board” may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Inves…
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Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or the State General Obligation Bond Law set forth in …
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Notwithstanding anything in the State General Obligation Bond Law, the maximum maturity of any bonds…
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All moneys deposited in the Earthquake Safety and Public Buildings Rehabilitation Fund of 1990 pursu…
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The administrative provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 8878.60) and Article 4 (commenci…
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Charges incurred by the Attorney General in protecting the state’s interest in the grant funds under…
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(a) The proceeds from the sale of the bonds pursuant to this chapter shall not replace or supplant f…
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(a) No local government building or facility that is listed or is eligible for listing on the Nation…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (C…
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(a) This chapter shall be known as the Seismic Retrofit Bond Act of 1996. (b) This chapter shall onl…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the completion of seismic safety retrofit work is essent…
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As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means any depa…
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The Seismic Retrofit Bond Fund of 1996 is hereby created in the State Treasury. The proceeds of bond…
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Bonds in the total amount of two billion dollars ($2,000,000,000), exclusive of refunding bonds, or …
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The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed a…
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(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Oblig…
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Upon request of the board stating that funds are needed for earthquake relief purposes, the committe…
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There shall be collected annually, in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is…
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Notwithstanding Section 13340, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treas…
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The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investm…
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For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, autho…
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The bonds may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of the State …
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Notwithstanding anything in the State General Obligation Bond Law, the maximum maturity of any bonds…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds auth…
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Notwithstanding any provision of the State General Obligation Bond Law with regard to the proceeds f…
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(a) This chapter shall be known as the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Secu…
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As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means any depa…
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The Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Fund of 2006 is hereby created…
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Bonds in the total amount of nineteen billion nine hundred twenty-five million dollars ($19,925,000,…
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The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed a…
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(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Oblig…
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Upon request of the board stating that funds are needed for purposes of this chapter, the committee …
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There shall be collected annually, in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is…
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Notwithstanding Section 13340, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treas…
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The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investm…
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For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, autho…
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The bonds may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of the State …
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Notwithstanding any provisions in the State General Obligation Bond Law, the maximum maturity of any…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds auth…
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Notwithstanding any provision of the State General Obligation Bond Law with regard to the proceeds f…
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All money derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold pursuant to this chapter shall be …
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(a) As used in this chapter and in Chapter 12.49 (commencing with Section 8879.20), the following te…
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(a) Funds for the program contained in subdivision (b) of Section 8879.23 shall be deposited in the …
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(a) The commission shall evaluate, consistent with the commission’s Trade Corridors Improvement Fund…
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(a) Funds for the program contained in paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 8879.23 shall be …
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For the program funded by funds deposited in the Transportation Facilities Account established in su…
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For funds appropriated for fiscal year 2009–10 or any subsequent fiscal year in the annual Budget Ac…
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(a) (1) Entities described in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 8879.57 receiving an allocat…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature, pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 8879.23, to establis…
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An eligible applicant under the program shall be a local or regional transportation agency that has …
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Eligible local matching funds required to obtain funding under the program shall be obtained from re…
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(a) Eligible projects shall include all of the following: (1) Improvements to the state highway syst…
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(a) To distribute funds from the Uniform Developer Fees Subaccount to eligible applicants, as define…
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(a) The commission shall adopt a program of projects to receive allocations under this article for e…
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The commission shall include in its annual report to the Legislature, required pursuant to Section 1…
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Citation of Chapter This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California State Lottery Act…
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Purpose and Intent The People of the State of California declare that the purpose of this Act is sup…
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Activities Not Affected Except for the state-operated lottery established by this Chapter, nothing i…
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Prohibition on Use of State Funds No appropriations, loans, or other transfer of State funds shall b…
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Revenues of the state lottery shall be allocated so as to maximize the amount of funding allocated t…
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Revenues of the state lottery shall be allocated so as to maximize the amount of funding allocated t…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that this section is clarifying of, and consistent with, the …
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Governing Definitions The definitions contained in this Chapter shall govern the construction of thi…
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“Lottery” or “California State Lottery” “Lottery” or “California State Lottery” means the California…
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“Commissioner” “Commissioner” means one of the members of the Lottery Commission appointed by the Go…
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“Director” “Director” means the Director of the California State Lottery appointed by the Governor p…
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“Lottery Commission” or “Commission” “Lottery Commission” or “Commission” means the five members app…
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“Lottery Game” “Lottery Game” means any procedure authorized by the commission whereby prizes are di…
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“Lottery Game Retailer” “Lottery Game Retailer” means a person or organization with whom the Lottery…
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“Lottery Contractor” “Lottery Contractor” means a person or organization with whom the Lottery has c…
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Creation of Commission The California State Lottery Commission is hereby created in state government…
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Membership; Appointment; Vacancies; Political Affiliation; Removal (a) The Commission shall consist …
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Qualifications of Commissioners At least one of the Commissioners shall have a minimum of five years…
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Compensation and Expenses Commissioners shall be compensated at the rate of one hundred dollars ($10…
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Annual Selection of Chairperson The Commission shall select annually from its membership a chairpers…
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Meetings Meetings of the Commission shall be open and public in accordance with the Bagley-Keene Ope…
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Quorum; Voting A quorum shall consist of three members of the Commission. All decisions of the Commi…
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The Commission shall make quarterly reports of the operation of the Lottery to the Governor, the Att…
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Appointment of Director; Removal The Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appo…
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Powers and Duties of the Commission (a) The California State Lottery Commission shall exercise all p…
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Operation of the Lottery The Lottery shall be initiated and operated so as to produce the maximum am…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Lottery Commission may do all of the following: …
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(a) The provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 are not ap…
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Meetings with the Director The Commission shall meet with the Director not less than once each quart…
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(a) The commission shall promulgate regulations specifying the types of lottery games to be conducte…
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(a) The commission shall promulgate regulations that specify the number and value of prizes for winn…
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The commission shall promulgate regulations that specify the method for determining winners in each …
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Sale Price of Tickets and Shares The Commission shall promulgate rules and regulations specifying th…
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(a) The commission shall promulgate regulations specifying the manner of distribution, dissemination…
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Salary The Director shall receive the salary provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1155…
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The director shall, subject to the approval of the commission, perform all duties, exercise all powe…
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Power to Hire The Director shall hire, pursuant to the approval of the Commission, such professional…
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Deputy Directors Upon recommendation of the Director, the Governor shall appoint up to four deputy d…
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(a) One of the deputy directors shall be the Deputy Director for Security, and be responsible for a …
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The director shall confer as frequently as necessary or desirable, but not less than once every quar…
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Study of Lottery Systems; Recommendations for Improvement The Director shall make an on-going study …
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The director shall make and keep books and records that accurately and fairly reflect each day’s tra…
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The director shall provide a monthly cumulative sales report to the commission and the Controller wi…
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The director shall provide the following informational reports to the Department of Finance, the Joi…
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Demographic Study of Lottery Players After the first six months of sales to the public, the Director…
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Study of the Effectiveness of Lottery Communications After the first full year of sales to the publi…
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After the first nine months of sales to the public, the Commission shall engage an independent firm …
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The director shall engage an independent firm of certified public accountants to conduct an annual a…
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The Controller shall conduct quarterly and annual postaudits of all accounts and transactions of the…
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The commission shall promulgate regulations specifying the terms and conditions for contracting with…
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(a) The director shall, pursuant to this chapter and the regulations of the commission, select as lo…
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A contract with a lottery game retailer shall not be assignable or transferable.
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(a) The commission shall promulgate regulations that prescribe the procedure by which a contract wit…
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Compensation for Lottery Game Retailers Unless the Commission shall otherwise determine, the compens…
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Sales to Minors (a) No tickets or shares in Lottery Games shall be sold to persons under the age of …
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No lottery tickets or shares shall be sold by a lottery game retailer unless the retailer has a cert…
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Bonding The Director may require a bond from any Lottery Game Retailer in an amount specified by reg…
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(a) No payment by lottery game retailers to the lottery for tickets or shares shall be in cash. All …
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(a) Notwithstanding other provisions of law, the director may purchase or lease goods and services a…
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In order to allow an evaluation of the competence, integrity, and character of potential Lottery Con…
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Compliance with Applicable Laws Each Lottery Contractor shall perform its contract consistent with t…
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Performance Bond Any Lottery Contractor may be required by the Lottery to post, with the Commission …
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No member of the commission shall, for a two-year period after the end of the member’s term, accept …
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State Lottery Fund (a) A special fund to be known as the “State Lottery Fund” is created within the …
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Funds shall be disbursed from the State Lottery Fund by the Controller for any of the purposes autho…
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(a) As nearly as practical, 50 percent of the total projected revenue, computed on a fiscal-year bas…
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(a) As nearly as practical, 50 percent of the total projected revenue, computed on a fiscal-year bas…
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(a) Expenses of the lottery shall include all costs incurred in the operation and administration of …
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(a) Expenses of the lottery shall include all costs incurred in the operation and administration of …
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Transfer of Net Revenues The funds remaining in the State Lottery Fund after accrual of all revenues…
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Intergovernmental Reimbursements for Services The Commission shall reimburse all other governmental …
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Except as provided in subdivision (d), no state or local taxes shall be imposed upon the following: …
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Preemption of Local Laws It is the intent of this Chapter that all matters related to the operation …
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Lawful Activity Any other state or local law providing any penalty, disability, restriction, or proh…
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Restrictions No person shall be selected, appointed or hired to be a Commissioner, Director, deputy …
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All civil process in any action brought against the Director, the Commission, or the Lottery and any…
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The commission shall promulgate regulations to establish a system of verifying the validity of prize…
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The right of any person to a prize shall not be assignable, except that the payment of any prize may…
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Upon the death of the prizewinner, the prize may be paid by any of the following methods: (a) To the…
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For any assignments, transfers, or security interests provided for in Sections 8880.325 and 8880.326…
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The commission may promulgate regulations to authorize the use of an electronic or electromechanical…
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The California Broadband Council is established in state government for the purpose of promoting bro…
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(a) The membership of the California Broadband Council shall include all of the following: (1) The D…
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Duties of the California Broadband Council shall include, but not be limited to, all of the followin…
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(a) The President of the Public Utilities Commission shall call the first meeting of the California …
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(a) The council shall be subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Se…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that buildings constructed of precast concrete wall construct…
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(a) For purposes of this chapter, “adequate wall anchorage” means a connection between the wall and …
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On and after January 1, 1993, the transferor, or his or her agent, of any precast concrete or reinfo…
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This article does not apply to any of the following: (a) Transfers which are required to be preceded…
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If the transferee has received notice pursuant to this chapter and has not brought the building or s…
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No transfer of title shall be invalidated on the basis of a failure to comply with this chapter.
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(a) The State Architect, in consultation with the State Building Standards Commission, the Californi…
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This chapter shall not apply to potentially hazardous (unreinforced masonry) buildings covered under…
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“Seismic retrofit” means retrofitting or reconstruction of an existing building or structure, to sig…
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For purposes of this chapter, the term “in consultation with” means the meaningful and open solicita…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) There exists a serious threat to ho…
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(a) After January 1, 1993, the transferor of any real property containing any residential dwelling b…
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(a) The transferor shall disclose any of the following deficiencies which are within the transferor’…
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(a) For the purposes of this chapter, if it is determined that retrofit work is appropriate to addre…
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No transfer of title shall be invalidated on the basis of a failure to comply with this chapter.
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For the purposes of this chapter, the duty of the real estate licensee shall be limited to providing…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Affirmativel…
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(a) There is hereby created in state government the California Catastrophe Response Council to overs…
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For purposes of conducting the business of the council, a quorum shall be five members.
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The council shall appoint the Wildfire Fund Administrator and oversee the administrator’s operation,…
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The purpose of this chapter includes all of the following: (a) To prohibit the use of the word “squa…
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For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Advisory Committee” or “comm…
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The Natural Resources Agency shall direct the California Advisory Committee on Geographic Names to r…
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(a) A public agency shall no longer replace any sign, interpretive marker, or any other marker or pr…
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(a) The committee shall complete each of the following no later than July 1, 2023: (1) The committee…
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(a) Beginning on January 1, 2025, the committee shall annually report to the Legislature regarding i…
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During those times that a Member of the Legislature is required to be in Sacramento to attend a sess…
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When traveling to and from a session of the Legislature, or when traveling to and from a meeting of …
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(a) A Member of the Legislature, state elective or appointive officer, or judge or justice shall not…
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A person subject to this article has an interest that is in substantial conflict with the proper dis…
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A person subject to this article is not engaged in any activity that is in substantial conflict with…
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(a) Except as provided in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c), a Member of the Legislature acting in th…
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(a) An employee of either house of the Legislature shall not, during the time he or she is so employ…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the California Council on Science and Technology was org…
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(a) The services of a policy fellow provided by an association are not compensation, a reward, or a …
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No person shall induce or seek to induce any Member of the Legislature to violate any provision of t…
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Every person who knowingly and willfully violates any provision of this article is guilty of a misde…
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The Joint Legislative Ethics Committee is hereby created. The committee shall consist of three Membe…
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The committee is authorized to make rules governing its own proceedings. The provisions of Rule 36 o…
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Funds for the support of the committee shall be provided from the Contingent Funds of the Assembly a…
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(a) The committee shall have power, pursuant to the provisions of this article, to investigate and m…
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(a) Any person may file a statement alleging a violation of Article 2 (commencing with Section 8920)…
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(a) If the committee determines that the complaint does not allege facts, directly or upon informati…
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After the complaint has been filed the respondent shall be entitled to examine and make copies of al…
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If a hearing is to be held pursuant to Section 8945 the committee, before the hearing has commenced,…
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At any hearing held by the committee: (a) Oral evidence shall be taken only on oath or affirmation. …
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Any official or other person whose name is mentioned at any investigation or hearing of the committe…
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(a) After the hearing the committee shall state its findings of fact. If the committee finds that th…
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Nothing in this chapter shall preclude any person from instituting a prosecution for violation of an…
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The filing of a complaint with the committee pursuant to this article suspends the running of the st…
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The committee shall maintain a record of its investigations, inquiries, and proceedings. All records…
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All actions of the committee shall require the concurrence of two members of the committee from each…
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The committee may render advisory opinions to Members of the Legislature with respect to the provisi…
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(a) The appropriate legislative ethics committees shall conduct at least semiannually an orientation…
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The Legislature consists of: (a) Forty Senators. (b) Eighty members of the Assembly.
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The term of office of a Senator is four years. The term of office of a Member of the Assembly is two…
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At the general election in every fourth year after 1908 a Senator shall be elected in each odd-numbe…
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At the general election in every even-numbered year a Member of the Assembly shall be elected in eac…
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When the Legislature convenes or is convened in regular or extraordinary session during or following…
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The Legislature shall convene in regular session at the City of Sacramento at noon on the first Mond…
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The certificate of election is prima facie evidence of the right to membership.
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At the day and hour appointed for the assembling of any regular session of the Legislature, the Pres…
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At the day and hour appointed for the assembling of any regular session of the Legislature, the Chie…
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Members of the Legislature who did not take the oath of office at the assembling of the Legislature …
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An entry of the oath taken by members of the Legislature shall be made on the journals of the proper…
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All standing committees of either the Senate or Assembly shall be appointed by the presiding officer…
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Televised or other audiovisual recordings of public proceedings. (a) Televised or other audiovisual …
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, all meetings of a house of the Legislature or a commit…
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Any meeting that is required to be open and public pursuant to this article, including any closed se…
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(a) A house of the Legislature or a committee thereof may hold a closed session solely for any of th…
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(a) A closed session may be held pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 9029 under …
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Each Member of the Legislature who attends a meeting of the Assembly, the Senate, or any committee o…
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Any interested person may commence an action by mandamus, injunction, or declaratory relief for the …
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As used in this article, “disaster” means a war or enemy-caused calamity within this State, such as …
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If a disaster occurs, the Legislature shall convene itself in special session immediately after such…
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If the Legislature is convened in special session pursuant to this article on the date specified by …
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Every person who wilfully, and by force or fraud, prevents the Legislature, either of the houses com…
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Every person who wilfully disturbs the Legislature, or either of the houses composing it, while in s…
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As used in this article, “bill or resolution” includes a constitutional amendment.
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Every person who fraudulently alters the draft of any bill or resolution which has been presented to…
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Every person who fraudulently alters the enrolled copy of any bill or resolution which has been pass…
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(a) Every person who intentionally, maliciously, with knowledge of the falsity, and with intent to d…
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Every person who obtains, or seeks to obtain, money or other thing of value from another person upon…
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Every member of the Legislature convicted of any crime defined in this article, in addition to the p…
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Any person who shall secure through his influence, knowingly exerted for that purpose, the introduct…
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The Legislature finds and declares that access to information concerning the conduct of the people’s…
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Legislative Open Records Act.
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As used in this article: (a) “Person” includes any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited…
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Legislative records are open to inspection at all times during the normal office hours of the Legisl…
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All requests to inspect any legislative record shall be made to the appropriate Rules Committee of e…
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Nothing in this article shall be construed to invalidate or affect the operation of Sections 10207, …
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Any person may institute proceedings for injunctive or declarative relief in any court of competent …
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Whenever it is made to appear by verified petition to the superior court of the county where the rec…
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The court shall award court costs and reasonable attorney fees to the plaintiff should the plaintiff…
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If the court finds that the plaintiff’s case is clearly frivolous, it shall award court costs and re…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that legislative records relating to bills, resolutions, or p…
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Legislative offices for the use of the Members of the Legislature in the performance of their legisl…
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The legislative offices provided for in this article shall be under the management and control of th…
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The Department of General Services shall provide suitable office space in the State Building in Los …
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Appropriations for the support of the offices provided for in this article shall be included in the …
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The State Capitol Building Annex is the annex to the historic State Capitol, constructed to the east…
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(a) Any work of construction, restoration, rehabilitation, renovation, or reconstruction undertaken …
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The State Capitol Building Annex is intended primarily for the use of the legislative department and…
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There is hereby created the Joint Rules Committee which shall have the membership specified in the J…
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Any reference in any code or statute to the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization shall be dee…
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The first floor of the State Capitol Building Annex is excepted from the provisions of this article.…
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The determination of the Joint Rules Committee as to the needs of the Legislature shall be subject t…
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(a) The maintenance and operation of all of the State Capitol Building Annex is under the control of…
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The Joint Rules Committee may participate in the work of the National Conference of State Legislatur…
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, including Section 9108, the Joint Rules Committee may pursue …
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that available cash sources, including, but not limited to, …
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An amount of space proportional to the amount of space utilized by the executive branch in the exist…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, moneys transferred from the State Project Infrastructure Fund to …
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The work performed pursuant to this article represents a historic partnership between the executive …
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(a) There is hereby appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, from the State Project Infrastruct…
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(a) In order to adequately provide for the proper housing and administrative requirements of the Leg…
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As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Bonds” means bonds, n…
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(a) The lessee may lease the project from the lessor, and the lessor may lease the project to the le…
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(a) The State Public Works Board may issue bonds pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1583…
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The terms of the lease financing are those specified in the lease, trust agreement, indenture, and a…
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(a) This article shall be deemed and construed to be separate and complete authority for all of the …
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The State of California does pledge to, and agree with, the holders of any bonds issued under this a…
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(a) Title to the buildings and property bounded by 10th, 11th, N, and O Streets in the City of Sacra…
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(a) The determination of the Senate Committee on Rules and the Assembly Committee on Rules as to the…
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(a) (1) In order to adequately provide for the housing and administrative requirements of the Legisl…
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(a) (1) The State Public Works Board may issue lease-revenue bonds, notes, or bond anticipation note…
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It is the intent of the legislative and executive branches to expedite and not unreasonably delay in…
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Unless specifically exempted from this section, all appropriations for contingent expenses of the Se…
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Unless specifically exempted from this section, all appropriations for contingent expenses of the As…
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Any money appropriated for legislative printing shall be disbursed under or pursuant to the directio…
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Appropriations deposited in and credited to the Senate Contingent Fund or the Assembly Contingent Fu…
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Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, on any claim against the Senate Contingent Fund or th…
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For the period ending on November 30 of each year, the Assembly Committee on Rules, the Senate Commi…
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When expenditures are made from the appropriate contingent fund at the direction of the Assembly Com…
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The Assembly Committee on Rules and Senate Committee on Rules, and the Joint Rules Committee, shall …
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(a) The Joint Rules Committee shall annually contract for an independent audit or audits of all fund…
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No funds from the Assembly Operating Fund, the Senate Operating Fund, the Operating Funds of the Ass…
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Any reference in any code or statute to the Senate Contingent Fund, the Assembly Contingent Fund or …
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The Joint Legislative Budget Committee is hereby created. The committee shall ascertain facts and ma…
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The committee shall consist of eight Members of the Senate and eight Members of the Assembly who sha…
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The committee is authorized to make rules governing its own proceedings and to create subcommittees …
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The committee shall have authority to appoint a legislative analyst and such other clerical and tech…
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The Legislative Analyst shall prepare a judicial impact analysis, with the assistance of the Departm…
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Any state agency which is required or permitted by federal law or regulation to establish or alter a…
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If a state agency finds that there is imminent danger of irreparable harm to the public peace, healt…
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(a) For the purpose of this section, “eligible agency” means any agency, authority, board, bureau, c…
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(a) The Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies is hereby created. The committee shal…
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Any state board or category of licensed professional proposed for creation by the Legislature shall …
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For purposes of this article, “state board” means any administrative or regulatory board, commission…
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Prior to consideration by the Legislature of legislation creating a new state board or legislation c…
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Prior to consideration by the Legislature of legislation creating a new state board that is advisory…
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(a) The appropriate policy committee of the Legislature may evaluate a plan prepared pursuant to Sec…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California’s multilevel, complex govern…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all existing and proposed eligible agencies, as defined…
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(a) The Joint Sunset Review Committee established pursuant to Section 9147.7 shall review all eligib…
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The Legislature finds and declares that the historic State Capitol is a state historic and architect…
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As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Commission” means the…
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(a) There is in state government, the Historic State Capitol Commission, which shall consist of seve…
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The appointees of both the Speaker of the Assembly and the President pro Tempore of the Senate shall…
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The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall receive reimbursement for …
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The Joint Rules Committee shall appoint a Subcommittee on the Capitol Restoration Project, comprised…
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(a) Four members of the commission shall constitute a quorum to do business, and no action of the co…
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The commission shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To prepare, complete, and, from time …
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In carrying out its duties and responsibilities under this article, the commission shall follow acce…
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The commission shall maintain and may utilize all historic data, research, and project files develop…
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The commission may request and shall receive assistance and data, relevant to the commission’s dutie…
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The commission shall maintain complete records of its proceedings and may publish reports and other …
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The commission shall use any funds appropriated to its use, or allocated to its use by the Joint Rul…
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The commission shall review and advise on any interagency agreement for management of concessions wi…
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The commission shall employ an executive officer, who shall have at least three years of administrat…
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The commission may contract with any agency, public or private, for services, in connection with the…
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The commission annually shall report to the Legislature on its activities. The commission shall prop…
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The commission shall be supported by allocations by the Joint Rules Committee from the Contingent Fu…
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Whistleblower Protection Act.
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It is the intent of the Legislature that state employees and other persons should disclose, to the e…
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For the purposes of this article, the following words have the following meanings: (a) “Committee” m…
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(a) An employee may not directly or indirectly use or attempt to use the official authority or influ…
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Legislative Employee Whistleblower Protection Ac…
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The Legislature finds and declares that, in addition to existing retaliation protections under Secti…
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For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Interfere” m…
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(a) A Member of the Legislature or legislative employee shall not directly or indirectly use or atte…
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An individual who intentionally retaliates against a legislative employee for having made a protecte…
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(a) In addition to all other penalties, rights, and remedies provided by law, an individual or entit…
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(a) This article does not limit the application of any other rights or remedies under federal or sta…
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Legislative Discriminatory Harassment Retaliatio…
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For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Discriminatory h…
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(a) A house of the Legislature shall not discharge, expel, or otherwise discriminate against a legis…
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Each house of the Legislature shall implement a system to maintain a record of each discriminatory h…
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The Secretary of the Senate, the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, and the minute clerks and Sergeant-at-…
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The Secretary of the Senate may appoint such temporary employees as are in his opinion necessary for…
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The officers and employees of the Senate are: (a) A President. (b) A President pro tempore, one secr…
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The officers and employees of the Assembly are: (a) A Speaker, a Speaker pro Tempore, a Majority Flo…
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The assistant secretaries of the Senate and the assistant clerks of the Assembly shall take charge o…
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The Minute Clerk of the Senate and the Minute Clerk of the Assembly shall keep a correct record of t…
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The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate and of the Assembly shall: (a) Under the direction of their presi…
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The Sergeant at Arms and Assistant Sergeants at Arms of each house shall have the powers and authori…
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The Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms of each house shall perform the duties of doorkeeper and keep order i…
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The secretary and assistant secretaries, the chief clerk and assistant clerks, and the engrossing an…
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Each employee of the Legislature may elect to receive one or more employee benefits, as prescribed b…
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The Speaker is responsible for the efficient conduct of the legislative and administrative affairs o…
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Every member, officer, and employee of the Assembly shall, upon request, assist the Speaker in carry…
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Neither the Speaker nor any Member of the Assembly who assists him shall receive any additional sala…
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Whenever the Speaker incurs expenses in connection with the work of an Assembly committee of which h…
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(a) The Joint Rules Committee shall include, in planning the Legislature’s new building to be locate…
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The compensation of each officer and employee of the Senate or Assembly shall be fixed, insofar as s…
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(a) Notwithstanding Part 6 (commencing with Section 22950) of Division 5, or any other law, the Legi…
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This chapter may be cited as the Legislators’ Retirement Law.
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“Retirement system” or “this system” means the Legislators’ Retirement System established by this ch…
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“Board of Administration” or “board” means the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Reti…
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“Retirement Fund” or “fund” means the Legislators’ Retirement Fund established by this chapter.
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“Member” means any person who is a member of this system.
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(a) “Compensation” and “salary” mean the remuneration paid in cash out of funds controlled by the st…
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“Regular interest” means interest at the annual rate fixed by the board, compounded annually, plus s…
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“Contributions” means contributions made by a member at the rate of contribution prescribed in this …
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“Accumulated contributions” means the sum of all contributions standing to the credit of a member’s …
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“Net earnings” means the earnings of the retirement fund less the administrative costs specified in …
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“Legislative statutory officer” means any of the following officers who has 10 or more years’ full-t…
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“State service,” within the meaning of Sections 9350.55, 9356.15, and 9356.16 means employment with …
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“Service” means the period of time, computed in years and fractions thereof, a member has held offic…
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“Retirement” means withdrawal from membership in this system with a retirement allowance granted und…
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“Benefit” means the retirement or survivor allowance granted under this chapter or payment of accumu…
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“Legislator” means a Member of the Assembly or a Member of the Senate, an elective officer of the st…
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All references to “spouse,” “surviving spouse,” or “marriage” in this chapter apply equally to a dom…
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This system shall be administered by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement…
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The board may make such rules as it deems necessary and proper for the administration of this system…
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The board shall determine who are members of this system and is the sole judge of the conditions und…
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From time to time the board shall determine the rate of interest being earned on the Legislators’ Re…
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At the end of each fiscal year the board may credit to all contributions held in the fund at June 30…
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Each member of this system shall file with the board any information affecting his or her status as …
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The Chief Clerk of the Assembly shall give the board immediate written notice of the change in statu…
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If it is impracticable for the board to determine from the records the length of service, compensati…
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If more or less than the correct amount of contribution required of members or the State is paid, pr…
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The Legislators’ Retirement Fund in the State Treasury is hereby established. All moneys received by…
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The board has the exclusive control of the administration and investment of the fund, with the same …
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In addition to other records and accounts, the board shall keep such records and accounts as may be …
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As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the board shall file with the Governor a…
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The board shall keep in convenient form such data as is necessary for the actuarial valuation of thi…
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When there is insufficient data upon which to establish mortality rates or other actuarial assumptio…
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(a) Whenever a person entitled to payment of a member’s accumulated contributions or any other benef…
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Any Member of the Senate or Assembly may file with the board at any time during incumbency in that o…
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A person ceases to be a member of this system: (a) Upon retirement pursuant to this chapter. (b) Upo…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the service of a member is discontinued by a…
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Any member may resign from this system at any time prior to retirement, by written resignation filed…
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(a) Every elective officer of the state whose office is provided for by the California Constitution,…
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Membership in this system is exclusive of membership in any other retirement system for state office…
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A member is absent on military service while serving with the armed forces of the United States, eit…
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Any member who, while serving a term of office as a Member of the Senate or Assembly, is elected or …
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For purposes of Section 9355.7, “public office” includes, but is not limited to, positions within th…
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Any member of this system who is charged, by indictment, with the commission of any felony involving…
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(a) The Insurance Commissioner may become a member of this system as provided in this section. An In…
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(a) Every legislative statutory officer may become a member of this system. Every such officer in of…
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Each member of this system shall receive credit for service for time during which he or she holds of…
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Each member who rendered service prior to the date this chapter becomes operative shall receive cred…
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Each member shall receive credit for service while absent on military service, provided he or she is…
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This section applies to any member heretofore or hereafter elected to fill an unexpired term of offi…
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Any member whose service is discontinued but whose membership is continued under Section 9355.2 and …
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Any person who is a member of the system pursuant to Section 9355.45 may also receive credit for sta…
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Any person who is a member of the system may also receive credit for state service prior to the date…
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Each member or former member who has 10 years of credited service in this system shall receive credi…
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For each year of service rendered after the date this chapter becomes operative, each legislator who…
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9357 or 9357.05, the rate of contribution for a member of …
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Immediately upon receipt of the written election of a legislator to become a member of this system, …
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Any member who rendered service prior to the date he or she became a member may elect, at any time p…
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If the membership of a member is terminated, except by death or retirement pursuant to this chapter,…
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A member may redeposit in the Legislators’ Retirement Fund, in one sum or in not to exceed 12 monthl…
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Upon reentering this system after a termination of his or her membership, if a member does not elect…
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Each person who is a member of the system pursuant to Section 9355.45 shall contribute 6 1 2 percent…
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With respect to each person who is a member of the system pursuant to Section 9355.45, the Controlle…
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a person who was a member and entitled to be c…
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Any person who was a member and who withdrew his or her accumulated contributions after discontinuan…
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(a) On and after January 1, 2000, the state’s contribution on account of liability for benefits unde…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state may pick up, for the sole purpose of deferring…
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The board shall report annually to the Joint Rules Committee the rate of contributions which, if pai…
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Upon his or her written application to the Board of Administration, (a) a member of this system who …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the benefits payable to any person who becomes…
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(a) The retirement allowance for a member all of whose credited service was rendered as a Member of …
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A retirement allowance granted by this chapter is payable in equal monthly installments but a smalle…
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(a) The amount of compensation used to compute benefits payable to any person who becomes a member o…
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The right of a person to any benefit or other right under this chapter and the money in the Legislat…
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If a person qualifies to retire as a legislative statutory officer, and has held more than one of th…
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A member may at any time designate a beneficiary to receive those benefits as may be payable to his …
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The designation of a beneficiary under this system, other than designations under Optional Settlemen…
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The amount of compensation that is taken into account in computing benefits payable to any person wh…
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(a) The cost-of-living adjustments under Section 415(d) of the Internal Revenue Code to the limits d…
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The designation of a beneficiary by a member is not affected by termination of nor a break in his me…
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If any person entitled to a benefit of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) from this system is…
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Upon the death of any member before retirement, the member’s accumulated contributions shall be paid…
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(a) If a beneficiary is not designated, or if the estate is the beneficiary and the estate would not…
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The retirement allowance for a legislative statutory officer is an annual amount equal to 3 percent …
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Any contrary provisions of Section 9359.1 notwithstanding, in computing the retirement allowance of …
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(a) Any contrary provisions of Section 9359.1 or Section 9360.9 notwithstanding, and subject to the …
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Notwithstanding any contrary provision of Section 9359.1 the retirement allowance of a member who is…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no retirement allowance or optional settlement …
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9359, a member of this system, other than a legislative st…
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9359, a legislative statutory officer who has attained the…
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Retired members of the system, and beneficiaries, who are entitled to receive allowances under the p…
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Upon the death of any person, after retirement and while receiving a retirement allowance from this …
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In addition to any other benefits provided for in this chapter, upon the death, on or after January …
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No payment shall be made to persons included in any group if at the date of payment there are living…
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If the estate of the deceased member is his beneficiary, or if no beneficiary has been designated by…
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As used in this chapter, “disability” and “incapacity for performance of duty” as a basis of retirem…
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Application to the board for retirement of a member for disability may be made by the member or any …
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The board may require any recipient of a disability allowance under the minimum age for voluntary re…
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If any recipient of a disability retirement allowance under the minimum age for voluntary retirement…
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The disability allowance for other than legislative statutory officers is the same as the retirement…
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(a) Any Member of the Senate or Assembly who, after the effective date of this section, retires for …
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the provisions of this section shall be applic…
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On or before January 15, 1968, and on or before January 15 of each year thereafter, the amount of an…
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, any member who would have been eligible to ret…
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In lieu of the retirement allowance for his life alone, a member or retired member may elect, or rev…
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(a) The election, revocation, or change of election set forth in Section 9361 may be made at any tim…
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Optional Settlement 1 consists of the right to have a retirement allowance paid him or her until his…
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Optional Settlement 2 consists of the right to have a retirement allowance paid him or her until his…
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Optional Settlement 3 consists of the right to have a retirement allowance paid him or her until his…
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Optional Settlement 4 consists of such other benefits as are the actuarial equivalent of his retirem…
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Notwithstanding any provision of this part, a retired member who was a Member of the Senate or Assem…
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A member may designate one or more persons as beneficiaries. If more than one person is designated u…
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(a) This article applies to members who elect to be subject to its provisions and does not apply to …
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“Survivor allowance” means the allowance provided for in Section 9374.
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“Disability,” “disabled” or “incapacitated” means, with respect to qualification for a survivor allo…
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Upon the death of a member before retirement (a) the surviving spouse of the member, who has the car…
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For the purposes of Section 9374, a person shall be considered to be under the age of 18 if he or sh…
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When the survivor is entitled to receive a monthly allowance as a death benefit provided by any othe…
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The rate of contribution of a member subject to this article shall include in addition to his normal…
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A person who in any month is an eligible survivor of more than one member, shall receive only one al…
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As used in this chapter, “committee” means a committee of either the Senate or Assembly, a joint com…
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A subpoena requiring the attendance of any witness before the Senate, Assembly, or a committee may b…
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A subpoena is sufficient if it: (a) States whether the proceeding is before the Senate, Assembly, or…
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The service of a subpena may be made by any person over 18 years of age.
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(a) The members of any committee may administer oaths to witnesses in any matter under examination. …
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If any witness neglects or refuses to obey a subpena, or appearing, neglects or refuses to testify, …
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If the contempt is committed before the Senate or Assembly, the Senate or Assembly may commit him fo…
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If the contempt is committed before a committee during the session of the Legislature, the committee…
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If the contempt is committed before a committee when the Legislature is not in session, the superior…
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Any witness neglecting or refusing to attend in obedience to subpena may be arrested by the Sergeant…
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No witness is privileged to refuse to testify to any fact, or to produce any paper, respecting which…
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(a) If, in response to a question posed, or a command to produce documents or other materials issued…
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Every State department, office, board, commission or bureau, including The Regents of the University…
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Every person who, being summoned to attend as witness before the Senate, Assembly, or any committee,…
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(a) Any person who does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor: (1) Coerces or attempts to …
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As used in this chapter, “clerk” means the engrossing and enrolling clerk or the employee who perfor…
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The enacting clause of every law shall be “The people of the State of California do enact as follows…
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All bills and other documents ordered engrossed or enrolled by the Senate or Assembly shall be deliv…
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The clerk shall deliver the bills and documents without delay, in the order of their receipt, to the…
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The State Printer shall receipt for the bills or documents, and without delay engross or enroll (pri…
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The State Printer shall deliver the engrossed or enrolled copy of the bill or document, with the ori…
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All bills and documents that have been printed shall be considered engrossed if no amendments have b…
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If the enrolled copy of a bill or other document is found to be correct, the committee shall present…
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Enrolled bills shall be transmitted to the Governor for his approval. Until otherwise provided by th…
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As soon as an enrolled bill is delivered to the Governor, it shall be endorsed as follows: “This bil…
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When the Governor approves a bill, he shall affix his name thereto, with the date of signing, and de…
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There shall be two series of bill chapter numbers for each two-year regular session of the Legislatu…
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If a bill presented to the Governor contains an item or several items of appropriation, he may objec…
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When a bill has passed both houses of the Legislature and is returned by the Governor without his si…
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The certificate shall be indorsed on or attached to the bill, or indorsed on or attached to the copy…
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The bill or statement so authenticated shall then be delivered to the Governor, and by him deposited…
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If on the day the Governor desires to return a bill without his approval and with his objections the…
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Except as otherwise provided in this section, every bill which has passed both houses of the Legisla…
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The Legislature shall finish its actions on the budget required by the Constitution by June 15th of …
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a statute enacted at a regular session shall go into effe…
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Every concurrent and joint resolution takes effect upon the filing of it with the Secretary of State…
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The general rules for the construction of statutes are contained in the preliminary provisions of th…
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When the provisions of one statute are carried into another statute under circumstances in which the…
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(a) (1) When a section or part of a statute is amended, it is not to be considered as having been re…
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Any statute may be repealed at any time, except when vested rights would be impaired. Persons acting…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no statute or part of a statute, repealed by another stat…
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The termination or suspension (by whatsoever means effected) of any law creating a criminal offense …
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A statute amending a section of a repealed statute is void.
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The fixing or authorizing the fixing of the salary of a State officer or employee by statute is not …
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, whenever a provision of law is temporarily susp…
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Unless the context otherwise requires whenever the terms United States Army, Army of the United Stat…
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All printing ordered by the Legislature or the Senate or Assembly, and all printing to be charged to…
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The receipt of the Secretary of the Senate or Chief Clerk of the Assembly is a sufficient voucher fo…
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The Secretary of the Senate, in the case of Members and Members-elect of the Senate, and the Chief C…
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The State Printing Office shall print the laws, including initiative measures adopted by the people,…
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Proceeds from sales of all documents, the cost of publication of which is or has been paid from any …
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The general officers of the Assembly whose names and titles shall appear on the frontpiece of all pu…
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The Legislative Printing Fund in the State Treasury is abolished. The Controller, on the effective d…
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Whenever the Senate or the Assembly undertakes to publish in a separate volume the Constitution of t…
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The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly shall determine what is a sufficient…
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A sufficient number of copies, with proper repaging, as determined by the Secretary and Chief Clerk,…
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Each daily Journal and the Journals of the Senate and Assembly shall be printed by the State Printin…
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One copy of the daily Journal of each house, upon its approval by the house, shall be authenticated …
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Upon final adjournment of the Legislature, the authenticated copy of the daily Journal of each house…
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The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly shall during the month of December i…
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The legislative manual shall be uniform in size and style with similar publications of previous sess…
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The manual shall be distributed as follows: (a) To each Senator and Assemblyman as determined by the…
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The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly shall each retain the number of manu…
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The remainder shall be sold at a price to be fixed by the Joint Rules Committee. The price shall be …
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Whenever a law is signed by the Governor, official notice of the fact shall be forwarded, in writing…
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Upon the receipt of the notice, the State Printing Office shall print for the use of the Legislature…
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When a new or a revised code is established, it shall be prepared by the Legislative Counsel with al…
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The Department of General Services shall direct the preparation of the statutes of each session of t…
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The statutes of each session shall be prepared for printing and publication by the Legislative Couns…
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Preparation of the statutes shall include the making of an index and statutory record, and the deliv…
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At the beginning of each volume of the statutes there shall be printed: (a) The Constitution of the …
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The Office of State Printing shall print the number of copies of the statutes of each session prepar…
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The statutes shall be bound in law buckram binding.
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The Department of General Services shall maintain a bill-filing room for the Senate and Assembly, an…
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The laws, resolutions and journals of the Legislature shall be distributed by the Department of Gene…
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All other copies of the laws, resolutions and journals shall be sold by the Department of General Se…
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(a) (1) Any report required or requested by law, or identified in the Legislative Analyst’s Suppleme…
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Short title This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Legislative Reform Act of 1983.”
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Findings and declaration. The people find and declare: (a) All citizens of the State are entitled to…
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Purposes of chapter The people enact this chapter to accomplish the following purposes: (a) Appropri…
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Construction of chapter This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes.
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Amendment or repeal of chapter; procedures This chapter may be amended only by the procedures set fo…
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Imposition of additional requirements; law governing Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the Legis…
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Severability If any provision of this chapter, or the application of any such provision to any perso…
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Effective date This chapter shall go into effect immediately. Notwithstanding any other provision of…
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Speaker of the Assembly The Speaker is responsible for the efficient conduct of the legislative and …
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Assembly Committee on Rules There is hereby created in the Assembly a Committee on Rules, which shal…
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Powers of the Assembly Committee on Rules (a) The Assembly Committee on Rules shall have the power: …
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Appointments by the speaker; confirmation by Assembly Committee on Rules Notwithstanding any other p…
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President pro tempore of the senate The President pro Tempore is responsible for the efficient condu…
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Senate Committee on Rules There is hereby created in the Senate a Committee on Rules, which shall co…
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Powers of the Senate Committee on Rules (a) The Senate Committee on Rules shall have the power: (1) …
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Joint rules committee (a) There is hereby created the Joint Rules Committee which shall be comprised…
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Rules Each house of the Legislature shall adopt rules for its proceedings for each regular and speci…
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Joint Rules The Senate and Assembly shall adopt rules for their joint proceedings for each regular a…
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Standing committees All standing committees of both the Senate and the Assembly, except the Senate C…
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Special and select committees; subcommittees No special or select committees nor any subcommittee sh…
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Joint committees No joint committee shall be established except by passage of concurrent resolution,…
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Member voting Each house of the Legislature shall provide in its rules for appropriate voting proced…
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Legislative contingent funds All appropriations for contingent expenses of the Legislature and commi…
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Disbursements from Senate Contingent Fund and Assembly Contingent Fund Except as provided by affirma…
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Disbursements from Contingent Funds of the Senate and Assembly No disbursements shall be made from t…
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Disbursement of money appropriated for legislative printing Any money appropriated for legislative p…
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Limits upon public expenditure Notwithstanding any other provision of law, within 30 days following …
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Continuous availability of funds; special accounts Except as described in Section 9934 and this Sect…
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Reports to public on expenditures made from contingent funds; contents (a) For the periods beginning…
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Independent audit of contingent funds The Joint Rules Committee shall annually contract for an indep…
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There is in the State Government the Legislative Counsel Bureau. The bureau is in charge of a chief,…
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The Legislative Counsel shall be selected by concurrent resolution at the beginning of each regular …
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If a vacancy occurs while the Legislature is not in session, a committee consisting of the Speaker o…
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The Legislative Counsel shall be chosen without reference to party affiliations and solely on the gr…
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The annual salary of the Legislative Counsel is twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or such grea…
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(a) The Legislative Counsel may employ and fix the compensation, in accordance with law, of such pro…
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 18523, 18900, 18901, 18930, 18930.5, 18931, 18933, 18936, 18937, 18938.…
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The permanent office of the Legislative Counsel shall be in the State Capitol in Sacramento, where h…
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(a) The Legislative Counsel shall maintain the attorney-client relationship with each Member of the …
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Neither the Legislative Counsel nor any other employee of the bureau shall reveal to any person outs…
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The material, including books and other publications, of the State Library shall be made available t…
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Subject to Article 3 (commencing with Section 10270), neither the Legislative Counsel nor any employ…
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The Legislative Counsel, or any deputy legislative counsel, may administer and certify oaths.
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The Legislative Counsel shall be in attendance upon all regular and special sessions of the Legislat…
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The Legislative Counsel shall prepare and assist in the preparation, amendment and consideration of …
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(a) A bill that, as introduced or amended in either house of the Legislature, would require a state …
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Upon request, the Legislative Counsel shall advise any State agency as to the preparation of measure…
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Upon request, the Legislative Counsel may provide legal services to the State Auditor.
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Insofar as in his power, upon request, the Legislative Counsel shall aid and assist any member of th…
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The Legislative Counsel shall give such consideration to and service concerning any measure before t…
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(a) The Legislative Counsel shall give such consideration to and service concerning any bill in the …
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Upon request, the Legislative Counsel shall advise as to its work with any legislative committee app…
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The Legislative Counsel shall prepare or assist in the preparation or amendment of legislative measu…
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Every suggestion of a judge shall set forth the substance of the provisions desired or which may be …
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A suggestion by a judge of the Supreme Court shall be filed with the clerk of that court. A suggesti…
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When a suggestion is so filed with the clerk, he shall make and send to the permanent office of the …
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The Legislative Counsel shall prepare a measure in accordance with the suggestion of a judge, and sh…
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The Legislative Counsel shall advise the Legislature from time to time as to legislation necessary t…
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(a) The Legislative Counsel shall annually prepare, publish, and maintain an electronic list of all …
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The Legislative Counsel shall cooperate with the proponents of an initiative measure in its preparat…
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When a bill is introduced in the Legislature and each time a bill is amended, on or after January 1,…
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Public computer network; required legislative information. (a) The Legislative Counsel shall, with t…
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There is, in the Legislative Counsel Bureau, the Commission on Uniform State Laws.
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(a) The commission consists of one Member of the Senate, appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules;…
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Each appointed member of the commission shall be any of the following: (a) A member in good standing…
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Each member appointed by the Governor to the commission shall hold office for a term of four years a…
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When a vacancy occurs in an office filled by appointment by the Governor, the Governor shall appoint…
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A member of the commission is eligible for reappointment.
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The commission shall meet at some place in the state at least once every two years. The commission s…
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The members of the commission shall attend the meetings of the National Conference of Commissioners …
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The commission shall do all in its power to promote uniformity in state laws upon all subjects where…
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The commission shall bring about, as far as practicable, the passage of the various uniform acts rec…
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This article may be cited as the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act.
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(a) If an official publisher publishes legal material only in an electronic record, the publisher sh…
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(a) Legal material in an electronic record that is authenticated under Section 10294 is presumed to …
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(a) An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is or was designated as off…
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It is the desire of the Legislature to create the Office of the Auditor General, whose primary dutie…
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The Joint Legislative Audit Committee is hereby created. The committee shall determine the policies …
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After recommendation by the committee, the Auditor General shall be selected by concurrent resolutio…
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At least one deputy auditor general shall be a certified public accountant.
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The Legislature finds that the retirement of officers and employees of the state, school districts, …
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The Joint Legislative Retirement Committee is hereby created. The committee shall study and review t…
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The committee shall consist of a member from each of the following Senate committees: Banking and Co…
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The committee shall establish a board of experts. The board of experts shall include: the Controller…
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There shall be held during the last week of March of each year a joint meeting of the committee, the…
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(a) As used in this title, “state agency” includes every state office, officer, department, division…
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(a) A state agency shall not permit an evaluator to review a discretionary grant application submitt…
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(a) (1) Any state agency, including, but not limited to, a district agricultural association, or a j…
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Any state agency may make exhibits descriptive or illustrative of any activity or pursuit relating t…
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If an application, tax return or claim for credit or refund required by law to be filed with the sta…
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Sections 11002 and 11003 do not apply to: (a) Applications or other documents required or permitted …
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(a) (1) Unless the Legislature specifically provides that approval is not required, every gift or de…
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(a) (1) Unless the Legislature specifically provides that approval is not required, every gift or de…
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The Director of Finance may accept on behalf of the State any gift of real or personal property when…
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Any state department, board, or commission may lease any real property for the use of the state agen…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Accepted nut…
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After January 1, 1983, if property is to be constructed, purchased, or leased, or any interest is ac…
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The Department of General Services on or before July 1, 1991, shall develop procedures and policies …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a state agency that requires fingerprinting for any …
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(a) The Department of Transportation, when it has acquired title to any real property for highway pu…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Employee” includes an officer, employee, or servant, whether or no…
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Any state agency, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may secure insurance prot…
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Any state agency may, subject to rules and regulations of the Department of General Services, insure…
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(a) The procurement of insurance or official bonds by any state agency shall be subject to approval …
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(a) If a state agency is authorized to procure insurance, that agency may operate and administer a s…
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Whenever any State agency except the State Compensation Insurance Fund has drawn against any bank ac…
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Any regulation, order, or other action, adopted, prescribed, taken, or performed by the former Techn…
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Any program administered in part or whole by the Technology, Trade, and Commerce Agency prior to Jan…
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Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the members of State boards and commissions shall ser…
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(a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Displaced” means a condition in which the person or business …
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(a) Where authority is vested in any state agency to contract on behalf of the state, such authority…
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(a) On or before December 31 of each year, each state agency shall make a review of all proprietary …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except Article 8.5 (commencing with Section 54235) o…
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, Sections 11011 and 14670, exce…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “department” means the Department of General Services. (b) The dep…
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(a) Upon approval from the Department of Finance, the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and…
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(a) If no state or other public entity seeks to obtain title to specific surplus state-owned real pr…
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Any local agency or nonprofit affordable housing sponsor that wishes to be considered a priority buy…
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All real property acquired for park and recreation purposes by the state which was formerly part of …
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(a) On or before December 31 of each year, the Department of Housing and Community Development shall…
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For purposes of expanding affordable housing development and adaptive reuse opportunities of multist…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) There is no complete inventory of all state r…
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For purposes of Section 11011.15, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Agency” means a state …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services shall transfer titl…
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(a) The Department of General Services shall maintain a complete and accurate statewide inventory of…
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The inventory prepared pursuant to Section 11011.15 shall contain the following additional informati…
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(a) The University of California, by July 1, 1988, shall furnish the department, in a uniform format…
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The Department of Transportation, by July 1, 2002, shall furnish to the Department of General Servic…
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(a) The State Lands Commission, by July 1, 2011, shall furnish to the Department of General Services…
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(a) Any private person or private company which advertises that it provides information or services …
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the Department of General Services has, pursuant to form…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the Director of General Services may sell or exc…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services shall transfer to t…
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The Director of General Services, subject to the approval of the State Public Works Board and specif…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may advertise and award contracts for services rel…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 11011.1, the Director of General Services may sell, at fair market value…
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(a) When a state agency builds upon state-owned real property, purchases real property, or replaces …
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 11011.1, the Director of General Services may sell, at fair market value…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 11011.1, the Director of General Services may sell, at fair market value…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 11011.1, the Director of General Services may sell, exchange, or lease t…
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(a) If any state agency, including, but not limited to, state agencies acting in a fiduciary capacit…
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(a) The Director of General Services may exercise the option to accelerate the vesting of title in t…
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The director of any state department, subject to approval of the Department of General Services, may…
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(a) In exercising the powers and duties granted to and imposed upon it, any state agency may constru…
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No state funds under the control of an officer or employee of the state, or of any agency thereof, s…
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(a) On or after July 1, 2001, unless otherwise authorized by the Department of Information Technolog…
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Any state agency may, within the powers otherwise conferred by law upon the state agency, in order t…
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, if foreign assistance funds are appropr…
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Each state agency may contract with a joint powers authority that is created pursuant to an agreemen…
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(a) Each state agency shall establish clear flextime policies and shall direct its managers to encou…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each state agency in performing its duties shall comply …
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Each state agency shall take all practical and reasonable steps to recover civil damages for the neg…
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(a) When a statute is enacted establishing a new program or requiring interpretation pursuant to the…
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Every state agency responsible for implementing a statute which requires interpretation pursuant to …
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Every state agency which is authorized by any law to conduct administrative hearings but is not subj…
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(a) The Bureau of Real Estate, on or after July 1, 2001, unless otherwise authorized by the Departme…
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(a) Any department or authority specified in subdivision (b) may, upon determining that an advance p…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to improve and expand the state’s existing advance payment p…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, but to the extent consistent with applicable federal…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, and to the extent not in conflict with federal…
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(a) A state agency shall not send any outgoing United States mail to an individual that contains per…
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(a) All state agencies, as defined in Section 11000, are encouraged and authorized to cooperate with…
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(a) Each state department and state agency shall enact and maintain a permanent privacy policy, in a…
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Except as provided in the Budget Act and implementing statutes, no automatic increases shall be prov…
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(a) Except as provided in Section 11019.12, every state agency that requests on any written form or …
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(a) Each agency named in subdivision (d) shall include all of the following on any intake or applica…
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(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Government-to-Government Consultation Act. (…
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(a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Tribal Cogovernance and Comanagement of An…
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(a) Unless otherwise provided by law, all offices of every state agency shall be kept open for the t…
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Notwithstanding Section 11020, the Department of Motor Vehicles may reduce its hours of service for …
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(a) When a state agency is open or operates on Saturday such state agency may operate with a skeleto…
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Each state agency shall establish a procedure pursuant to which incoming telephone calls on any publ…
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All elective constitutional officers, heads of departments, chiefs of divisions, assistants, deputie…
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When a state employee not covered by Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 19815) of Division 5 dies whi…
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Any state officer or employee not covered by Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 19815) of Division 5 …
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Any state officer or officer or employee of any state agency may, when traveling on state business, …
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The headquarters of elective constitutional officers, other than Members of the Legislature, shall b…
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The headquarters of the Franchise Tax Commissioner is in the City of Sacramento. From and after the …
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Any state officer or employee of any state agency may confer with other persons, associations, or or…
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No state officer or employee shall absent himself or herself from the state on business of the state…
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Sections 11032 and 11033 shall not apply to any member of the Commission on Uniform State Laws.
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that overall fiscal efficiency and economy in state governme…
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(a) Section 11042 does not apply to the office of the Governor, the Regents of the University of Cal…
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(a) For purposes of promoting fiscal efficiency and economy, no state agency shall employ any in-hou…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Attorney General performs separ…
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(a) The Legal Services Revolving Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. The Department of Jus…
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(a) (1) Whenever a state agency requests the consent of the Attorney General to contract with outsid…
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Whenever any state agency is required or authorized by law to prepare and cause the publishing of an…
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After approval of the notice, advertisement or publication, the Department of General Services shall…
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On order of the Governor the head of each State agency shall make a report to the Governor giving an…
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The head of each state agency shall make a written report of its activities to the Governor at least…
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Each state agency and department shall, in the maintenance of any statistical tabulation of minority…
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Each state agency and department shall, in the maintenance of statistical tabulation of minority gro…
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(a) (1) Any state agency or department that develops and maintains data and statistics on the munici…
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(a) (1) The State Board of Equalization, Employment Development Department, Department of Industrial…
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(a) (1) The Employment Development Department shall, in the preparation and maintenance of any stati…
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Each state agency or department authorized to undertake any infrastructure project costing one hundr…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this article, to reduce the excessive flow of u…
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(a) No state agency shall distribute a state publication, as defined in Section 14902, except in res…
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Beginning with the 1984–85 fiscal year, each state agency shall include in its budget request a list…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when funding for any legislatively mandated publication …
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Each state agency that publishes or distributes a state publication, as defined in Section 14902, sh…
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The Controller or other State disbursing officer may secure and use a facsimile signature machine an…
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The Controller and any other state disbursing officer using that machine may secure forgery insuranc…
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The premiums on forgery insurance are a proper charge against appropriations for the support or main…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any requirement that a state agency send material, i…
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The form of all bonds of licensees, permittees, and all persons other than public officers and emplo…
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The Attorney General may from time to time modify or revoke approvals so given.
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The approval, modification, or revocation of the Attorney General shall be by regulation filed with …
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The Attorney General may consult with private persons, groups, and associations as to bond forms to …
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It is the public policy of this state that public agencies exist to aid in the conduct of the people…
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Each state body shall provide a copy of this article to each member of the state body upon his or he…
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Any person appointed or elected to serve as a member of a state body who has not yet assumed the dut…
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As used in this article “action taken” means a collective decision made by the members of a state bo…
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(a) As used in this article, “meeting” includes any congregation of a majority of the members of a s…
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(a) All meetings of a state body shall be open and public and all persons shall be permitted to atte…
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All meetings of a state body that are open and public shall meet the protections and prohibitions co…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Teleconference” means a meet…
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(a) No person shall be required, as a condition to attendance at a meeting of a state body, to regis…
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(a) Any person attending an open and public meeting of the state body shall have the right to record…
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(a) The state body shall provide notice of its meeting to any person who requests that notice in wri…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 7922.000 or any other provisions of law, agendas of public meetings and …
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Any state body shall report publicly at a subsequent public meeting any action taken, and any rollca…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 11125, a state body may take action on items of business not appearing o…
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(a) A special meeting may be called at any time by the presiding officer of the state body or by a m…
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(a) An emergency meeting may be called at any time by the president of the Fish and Game Commission …
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the state body shall provide an opportunity for me…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 11131.5, in any hearing that the California Victim Compensation Board co…
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Regional water quality control boards shall comply with the notification guidelines in Section 11125…
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(a) (1) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent a state body from holding closed sessi…
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The state body shall designate a clerk or other officer or employee of the state body, who shall the…
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(a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit a state body that has received a confiden…
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(a) Prior to holding any closed session, the state body shall disclose, in an open meeting, the gene…
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(a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the California Gambling Control Commission…
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(a) This article does not prohibit the Tribal Nation Grant Panel from holding a closed session when …
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In the event that any meeting is willfully interrupted by a group or groups of persons so as to rend…
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No fees may be charged by a state body for providing a notice required by Section 11125 or for carry…
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Each provision of this article shall apply to every state body unless the body is specifically excep…
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Each closed session of a state body shall be held only during a regular or special meeting of the bo…
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The state body may adjourn any regular, adjourned regular, special, or adjourned special meeting to …
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Any hearing being held, or noticed or ordered to be held by a state body at any meeting may by order…
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(a) The Attorney General, the district attorney, or any interested person may commence an action by …
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(a) Any interested person may commence an action by mandamus, injunction, or declaratory relief for …
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A court may award court costs and reasonable attorney’s fees to the plaintiff in an action brought p…
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Each member of a state body who attends a meeting of that body in violation of any provision of this…
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No state agency shall conduct any meeting, conference, or other function in any facility that prohib…
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No notice, agenda, announcement, or report required under this article need identify any victim or a…
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Except as expressly authorized by this article, no closed session may be held by any state body.
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(a) No person in the State of California shall, on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, ancestry…
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Whenever a state agency that administers a program or activity that is funded directly by the state …
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If it is determined that a contractor, grantee, or local agency has violated the provisions of this …
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The prohibitions and sanctions imposed by this article are in addition to any other prohibitions and…
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It is the policy of the State of California that the composition of state boards and commissions sha…
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In making appointments to state boards and commissions, the Governor and every other appointing auth…
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No state agency shall adopt or enforce any rule or regulation a violation of which can result in the…
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For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “State agency” ha…
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Each state agency shall offer at least semiannually to each of its filers an orientation course on t…
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Each state agency shall maintain records indicating the specific attendees, each attendee’s job titl…
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Except as set forth in Section 11146.4, each filer shall attend the orientation course required in S…
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(a) The requirements of Section 11146.3 shall not apply to filers with a state agency who have taken…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to assist small businesses in this …
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(a) A state agency that significantly regulates small business or that significantly impacts small b…
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It is the policy of this State to vest in the Governor the civil administration of the laws of the S…
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Each department shall maintain an office and the director of each department who is a member of the …
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Subject to the approval of the Governor, the head of each department may arrange and classify the wo…
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Wherever, pursuant to this code, any state department, officer, board, agency, committee, or commiss…
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Except as otherwise provided by law, each division of a department shall be in charge of a chief who…
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Except as otherwise provided by law, the head of each department may, with the approval of the Gover…
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The head of a department has no authority to obligate the State for salaries in excess of money avai…
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In addition to any bonds required by the Director of General Services the head of each department ma…
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The Attorney General is the legal adviser of each department in all matters relating to the departme…
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The sheriffs in the several counties shall execute all lawful orders of a department in their counti…
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Whenever a department succeeds to and is vested with the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities …
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Whenever a department is invested with the power and is charged with the duty of administering and e…
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Every person is subject to the same obligations and duties, and has the same rights as if the rights…
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Every State officer, deputy and employee is subject to the same penalties, civil or criminal, for an…
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The head of each department may make investigations and prosecute actions concerning: (a) All matter…
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At the request of a prosecuting attorney or the Attorney General, any agency, bureau, or department …
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In connection with any investigation or action authorized by this article, the department head may d…
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The head of a department may delegate the powers conferred upon him by this article to any officer o…
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Except in a report to the head of the department or when called upon to testify in any court or proc…
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(a) In any hearing in any part of the state or in any investigation conducted under this article, th…
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(a) If the witness named in the subpoena is a natural person, the person is not obliged to attend as…
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The superior court in the county in which any hearing is held or any investigation is conducted unde…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), if any witness refuses to answer any interrogatory or to …
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Upon the filing of the petition the court shall enter an order directing the person to appear before…
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In any matter pending before a department head, the department head may cause the deposition of pers…
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Any party to any departmental hearing has the right to the attendance of witnesses in his behalf at …
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Each witness, other than an officer or employee of the State or of a political subdivision of the St…
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The Governor, upon recommendation of the director of the following state departments, may appoint no…
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The Governor, upon nomination by the Insurance Commissioner, shall appoint the nominees as one chief…
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The Governor, upon recommendation of the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations may appo…
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Each deputy appointed pursuant to Section 11200 shall serve at the pleasure of the director of the d…
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Whenever a State agency supported from the General Fund renders services or furnishes materials to a…
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The Controller, after consulting with the Department of Finance, may approve any general plan whereb…
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Such adjustments shall be made in accordance with the approved plan by filing a financial statement …
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Upon written request approved by the Department of General Services, a department shall furnish to a…
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The Controller may establish procedures whereby some or all of the payments between funds and approp…
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Subject to approval of the Director of General Services, state agencies may furnish services, materi…
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State agencies may provide for the advancing of funds as herein provided to defray the charges menti…
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Any state agency which normally, as a part of its regular operating functions, is engaged in the bus…
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Amounts advanced or transferred in accordance with Sections 11257 and 11258 shall be available for e…
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Whenever any payment heretofore or hereafter made by a state agency for work, services, materials or…
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As used in this article, “state agency” or “state agencies” includes the Department of General Servi…
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As used in this article, “administrative costs” means the amounts expended by the Legislature, the L…
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(a) The Central Service Cost Recovery Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. The Central Serv…
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The Department of Finance shall determine, and may at any time redetermine, which funds, other than …
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(a) In determining or redetermining the fair share, the Department of Finance may consider the facto…
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Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Finance may allocate and charge a fair share of the…
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In the event a fund has an insufficient fund balance for the payment of the administrative costs, th…
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The Department of General Services may fix the cost or pro rata share, or in its discretion an amoun…
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If a state agency refuses to pay the charges fixed by the Department of General Services pursuant to…
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All money received pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (d) of Section 11290, except as provided in Sectio…
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Every state agency having the control of any public institution owned or controlled by the state sha…
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Upon receipt of such notices, the Department of General Services shall estimate the selling price of…
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No public institution owned or controlled by the state shall purchase any product from any source ot…
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If it is impossible or impracticable to sell or exchange agricultural or livestock products between …
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All money received by a state agency for the sale of products shall be accounted for and reported at…
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This article does not limit or prevent sales pursuant to any other law relating to the sale of perso…
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The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) There has been an unprecedented growth in the num…
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(a) The Legislature therefore declares that it is in the public interest to establish an Office of A…
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(a) The Office of Administrative Law is hereby established in state government in the Government Ope…
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The director may employ and fix the compensation, in accordance with law, of such professional assis…
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(a) The office is authorized and directed to do the following: (1) Study the subject of administrati…
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(a) No state agency shall issue, utilize, enforce, or attempt to enforce any guideline, criterion, b…
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Except where the right to petition for adoption of a regulation is restricted by statute to a design…
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(a) Upon receipt of a petition requesting the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation pursuan…
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This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (a) An agency in the judicial or legislative br…
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(a) As used in this section, “electronic communication” includes electronic transmission of written …
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(a) The office shall establish a system to give a unique identification number to each regulatory ac…
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Except as provided in Section 11342.4, nothing in this chapter confers authority upon or augments th…
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Whenever by the express or implied terms of any statute a state agency has authority to adopt regula…
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Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the const…
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“Agency” means state agency.
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“Building standard” has the same meaning provided in Section 18909 of the Health and Safety Code.
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“Cost impact” means the amount of reasonable range of direct costs, or a description of the type and…
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“Director” means the director of the office.
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“Emergency” means a situation that calls for immediate action to avoid serious harm to the public pe…
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“Major regulation” means any proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation subject to revi…
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“Office” means the Office of Administrative Law.
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“Order of repeal” means any resolution, order, or other official act of a state agency that expressl…
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“Performance standard” means a regulation that describes an objective with the criteria stated for a…
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“Plain English” means language that satisfies the standard of clarity provided in Section 11349.
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“Prescriptive standard” means a regulation that specifies the sole means of compliance with a perfor…
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“Proposed action” means the regulatory action, notice of which is submitted to the office for public…
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“Regulation” means every rule, regulation, order, or standard of general application or the amendmen…
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(a) “Small business” means a business activity in agriculture, general construction, special trade c…
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Every state agency shall: (a) Transmit to the office for filing with the Secretary of State a certif…
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(a) All regulations transmitted to the Office of Administrative Law for filing with the Secretary of…
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The Secretary of State shall endorse on the certified copy of each regulation or order of repeal fil…
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Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency that is required to promulgate administrative regulati…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a regulation or an order of repeal required to …
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Within 10 days from the receipt of printed copies of the California Code of Regulations or of the Ca…
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The filing of a certified copy of a regulation or an order of repeal with the Secretary of State rai…
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Upon the request of a state agency, the office may file with the Secretary of State and the office m…
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The office shall do all of the following: (a) Provide for the official compilation, printing, and pu…
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The office shall do all of the following: (a) Provide for the publication of the California Regulato…
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The office shall supply a complete set of the California Code of Regulations, and of the California …
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Every document, other than a notice of proposed rulemaking action, required to be published in the C…
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(a) The California Code of Regulations, the California Code of Regulations Supplement, and the Calif…
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The publication of a regulation in the California Code of Regulations or California Code of Regulati…
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Nothing in this chapter precludes any person or state agency from purchasing copies of the Californi…
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(a) Whenever the term “California Administrative Code” appears in law, official legal paper, or lega…
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The office is not required to develop a unique identification number system for each regulatory acti…
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(a) It is the purpose of this chapter to establish basic minimum procedural requirements for the ado…
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(a) (1) The adoption, amendment, or repeal of an emergency regulation is not subject to any provisio…
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Every agency subject to this chapter shall prepare, submit to the office with the notice of the prop…
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(a) A state agency proposing to adopt, amend, or repeal any administrative regulation shall assess t…
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(a) At least 45 days prior to the hearing and close of the public comment period on the adoption, am…
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(a) The notice of proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation shall include the followin…
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(a) This section shall only apply to the following proposed regulations: (1) Regulations proposed by…
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The office shall maintain a link on its website to the website maintained by the Small Business Advo…
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(a) If a public hearing is held, both oral and written statements, arguments, or contentions, shall …
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Every agency subject to this chapter shall do the following: (a) Prepare and submit to the office wi…
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(a) Prior to November 1, 2013, the Department of Finance, in consultation with the office and other …
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(a) In order to increase public participation and improve the quality of regulations, state agencies…
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(a) If, after publication of a notice of proposed action pursuant to Section 11346.4, but before the…
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(a) If, after publication of a notice of proposed action pursuant to Section 11346.4, but before the…
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(a) An agency that adds any technical, theoretical, or empirical study, report, or similar document …
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(a) Every agency shall maintain a file of each rulemaking that shall be deemed to be the record for …
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Each agency subject to this chapter shall keep its rulemaking records on all of that agency’s pendin…
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The following definitions govern the interpretation of this chapter: (a) “Necessity” means the recor…
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(a) The office shall review all regulations adopted, amended, or repealed pursuant to the procedure …
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(a) The Department of Finance and the office shall, from time to time, review the standardized regul…
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An agency may add material to a rulemaking file that has been submitted to the office for review pur…
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(a) The office shall either approve a regulation submitted to it for review and transmit it to the S…
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(a) A regulation returned to an agency because of failure to meet the standards of Section 11349.1, …
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(a) To initiate a review of a decision by the office, the agency shall file a written Request for Re…
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(a) If the adopting agency has complied with Sections 11346.2 to 11347.3, inclusive, prior to the ad…
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The office, at the request of any standing, select, or joint committee of the Legislature, shall ini…
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(a) If the office is notified of, or on its own becomes aware of, an existing regulation in the Cali…
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(a) To initiate a review of the office’s Notice of Repeal pursuant to Section 11349.8, the agency sh…
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(a) Any interested person may obtain a judicial declaration as to the validity of any regulation or …
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Any interested person may obtain a judicial declaration as to the validity of a regulation or order …
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), Article 5 (commencing with Section 11346), Article 6 (com…
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The following actions are not subject to this chapter: (a) The issuance, denial, or waiver of any wa…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this chapter does not apply to the adoption or revision o…
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Sections 11352 and 11353 do not affect any court’s determination, relating to the applicability of t…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “commission” means the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Developm…
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(a) Article 6 (commencing with Section 11349) is not applicable to a building standard. (b) Article …
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(a) The Department of Finance shall adopt and update, as necessary, instructions for inclusion in th…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), on and after January 1, 1982, no new regulation, or the a…
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This chapter does not apply to the adoption or revision of regulations, guidelines, or criteria to i…
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Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340), Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11370), Chapter 4.5 …
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As used in the Administrative Procedure Act “director” means the executive officer of the Office of …
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(a) There is in the Department of General Services the Office of Administrative Hearings which is un…
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The director shall appoint and maintain a staff of full-time, and may appoint pro tempore part-time,…
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The total cost to the state of maintaining and operating the Office of Administrative Hearings shall…
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(a) The office is authorized and directed to study the subject of administrative adjudication in all…
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(a) There is within the Office of Administrative Hearings a Medical Quality Hearing Panel, consistin…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all adjudicative hearings and proceedings relating to the…
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All adjudicative hearings and proceedings conducted by an administrative law judge as designated in …
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The Office of Administrative Hearings shall provide facilities and support personnel for the review …
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(a) (1) The office shall hear and render a decision on any appeal filed by a business, pursuant to s…
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(a) This chapter and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) constitute the administrative adjudic…
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(a) This chapter is operative on July 1, 1997. (b) This chapter is applicable to an adjudicative pro…
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(a) Before, on, or after July 1, 1997, an agency may adopt interim or permanent regulations to gover…
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Unless the provision or context requires otherwise, the definitions in this article govern the const…
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“Adjudicative proceeding” means an evidentiary hearing for determination of facts pursuant to which …
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“Agency” means a board, bureau, commission, department, division, office, officer, or other administ…
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“Agency head” means a person or body in which the ultimate legal authority of an agency is vested, a…
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(a) “Decision” means an agency action of specific application that determines a legal right, duty, p…
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“Party” includes the agency that is taking action, the person to which the agency action is directed…
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“Person” includes an individual, partnership, corporation, governmental subdivision or unit of a gov…
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“Presiding officer” means the agency head, member of the agency head, administrative law judge, hear…
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This chapter applies to a decision by an agency if, under the federal or state Constitution or a fed…
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Except as otherwise expressly provided by statute: (a) This chapter applies to all agencies of the s…
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(a) As used in this section, “local agency” means a county, city, district, public authority, public…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, by regulation, ordinance, or other appropriate …
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This chapter applies to an adjudicative proceeding required to be conducted under Chapter 5 (commenc…
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(a) As used in this section, “quasi-public entity” means an entity, other than a governmental agency…
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(a) The governing procedure by which an agency conducts an adjudicative proceeding is determined by …
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A state statute or a federal statute or regulation applicable to a particular agency or decision pre…
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(a) To the extent necessary to avoid a loss or delay of funds or services from the federal governmen…
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Except to the extent prohibited by another statute or regulation, a person may waive a right conferr…
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(a) An agency may provide any appropriate procedure for a decision for which an adjudicative proceed…
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(a) An agency may formulate and issue a decision by settlement, pursuant to an agreement of the part…
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(a) An agency, with the consent of all the parties, may refer a dispute that is the subject of an ad…
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(a) The Office of Administrative Hearings shall adopt and promulgate model regulations for alternati…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a communication made in alternative dispute resolution u…
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(a) The governing procedure by which an agency conducts an adjudicative proceeding is subject to all…
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(a) A hearing shall be open to public observation. This subdivision shall not limit the authority of…
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(a) A person may not serve as presiding officer in an adjudicative proceeding in any of the followin…
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(a) The presiding officer is subject to disqualification for bias, prejudice, or interest in the pro…
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(a) The decision shall be in writing and shall include a statement of the factual and legal basis fo…
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(a) A decision may not be expressly relied on as precedent unless it is designated as a precedent de…
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(a) While the proceeding is pending there shall be no communication, direct or indirect, regarding a…
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A communication otherwise prohibited by Section 11430.10 is permissible in any of the following circ…
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A communication otherwise prohibited by Section 11430.10 from an employee or representative of an ag…
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If, while the proceeding is pending but before serving as presiding officer, a person receives a com…
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(a) If a presiding officer receives a communication in violation of this article, the presiding offi…
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Receipt by the presiding officer of a communication in violation of this article may be grounds for …
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(a) Subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), the provisions of this article governing ex parte communica…
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(a) There shall be no communication, direct or indirect, while a proceeding is pending regarding the…
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As used in this article, “language assistance” means oral interpretation or written translation into…
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Nothing in this article limits the application or effect of Section 754 of the Evidence Code to inte…
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(a) The following state agencies shall provide language assistance in adjudicative proceedings to th…
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(a) The hearing, or any medical examination conducted for the purpose of determining compensation or…
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(a) The cost of providing an interpreter under this article shall be paid by the agency having juris…
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(a) The State Personnel Board shall establish, maintain, administer, and publish annually an updated…
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(a) The State Personnel Board shall establish, maintain, administer, and publish annually, an update…
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(a) The Department of Human Resources shall designate the languages for which certification shall be…
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(a) The Department of Human Resources shall establish and charge fees for applications to take inter…
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The Department of Human Resources may remove the name of a person from the list of certified interpr…
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(a) An interpreter used in a hearing shall be certified pursuant to Section 11435.30. However, if an…
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Every agency subject to the language assistance requirement of this article shall advise each party …
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(a) The rules of confidentiality of the agency, if any, that apply in an adjudicative proceeding sha…
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(a) The agency head may do any of the following with respect to a decision of the presiding officer …
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Service of a writing or electronic document on, or giving of a notice to, a person in a procedure pr…
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(a) The presiding officer may conduct all or part of a hearing by telephone, television, or other el…
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(a) In any proceeding under subdivision (h) or (i) of Section 12940, or Section 19572 or 19702, alle…
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(a) In any proceedings pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500), the po…
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(a) This section applies in adjudicative proceedings of an agency if the agency by regulation provid…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meaning: (1) “Quasi-judicia…
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(a) Subject to the limitations in this article, an agency may conduct an adjudicative proceeding und…
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Subject to Section 11445.30, an agency may use an informal hearing procedure in any of the following…
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(a) The notice of hearing shall state the agency’s selection of the informal hearing procedure. (b) …
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(a) Except as provided in this article, the hearing procedures otherwise required by statute for an …
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(a) The presiding officer may deny use of the informal hearing procedure, or may convert an informal…
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(a) If the presiding officer has reason to believe that material facts are in dispute, the presiding…
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(a) This article applies in an adjudicative proceeding required to be conducted under Chapter 5 (com…
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(a) Subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum may be issued for attendance at a hearing and for production…
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(a) Subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum shall be issued by the agency or presiding officer at the re…
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(a) A person served with a subpoena or a subpoena duces tecum may object to its terms by a motion fo…
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A witness appearing pursuant to a subpoena or a subpoena duces tecum, other than a party, shall rece…
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(a) In the case of the production of a party to the record of a proceeding or of a person for whose …
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A person is subject to the contempt sanction for any of the following in an adjudicative proceeding …
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(a) The presiding officer or agency head may certify the facts that justify the contempt sanction ag…
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(a) The presiding officer may order a party, the party’s attorney or other authorized representative…
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Subject to the limitations in this article, an agency may conduct an adjudicative proceeding under t…
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(a) An agency may issue an emergency decision for temporary, interim relief under this article if th…
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(a) An agency may only issue an emergency decision under this article in a situation involving an im…
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(a) Before issuing an emergency decision under this article, the agency shall, if practicable, give …
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(a) The agency shall issue an emergency decision, including a brief explanation of the factual and l…
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(a) After issuing an emergency decision under this article for temporary, interim relief, the agency…
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The agency record consists of any documents concerning the matter that were considered or prepared b…
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(a) On issuance of an emergency decision under this article, the person to which the agency action i…
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Subject to the limitations in this article, an agency may conduct an adjudicative proceeding under t…
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(a) A person may apply to an agency for a declaratory decision as to the applicability to specified …
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Within 30 days after receipt of an application for a declaratory decision, an agency shall give noti…
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The provisions of a formal, informal, or other applicable hearing procedure do not apply to an agenc…
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(a) Within 60 days after receipt of an application for a declaratory decision, an agency shall do on…
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(a) A declaratory decision shall contain the names of all parties to the proceeding, the particular …
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(a) The Office of Administrative Hearings shall adopt and promulgate model regulations under this ar…
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(a) Subject to any applicable regulation adopted under Section 11470.50, at any point in an agency p…
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If the presiding officer or other agency official responsible for the original proceeding would not …
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To the extent practicable and consistent with the rights of parties and the requirements of this art…
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After a proceeding is converted from one type to another, the presiding officer or other agency offi…
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An agency may adopt regulations to govern the conversion of one type of proceeding to another. The r…
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The rules imposed by this article may be referred to as the Administrative Adjudication Code of Ethi…
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(a) This article applies to the following persons: (1) An administrative law judge. As used in this …
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, the Code of Judicial Ethics adopted by the Supreme Cou…
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For the purpose of this article, the following terms used in the Code of Judicial Ethics have the me…
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The following provisions of the Code of Judicial Ethics do not apply under this article: (a) Canon 3…
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A violation of an applicable provision of the Code of Judicial Ethics, or a violation of the restric…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a person to whom this article applies shall comply immedi…
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Nothing in this article shall be construed or is intended to limit or affect the rights of an admini…
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In this chapter unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: (a) “Agency” includes the s…
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(a) This chapter applies to any agency as determined by the statutes relating to that agency. (b) Th…
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(a) All hearings of state agencies required to be conducted under this chapter shall be conducted by…
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(a) A hearing to determine whether a right, authority, license, or privilege should be revoked, susp…
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A hearing to determine whether a right, authority, license, or privilege should be granted, issued, …
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In the following sections of this chapter, all references to accusations shall be deemed to be appli…
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(a) Upon the filing of the accusation or District Statement of Reduction in Force the agency shall s…
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(a) Within 15 days after service of the accusation or District Statement of Reduction in Force the r…
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At any time before the matter is submitted for decision, the agency may file, or permit the filing o…
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(a) When proceedings that involve a common question of law or fact are pending, the administrative l…
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The provisions of Section 11507.6 provide the exclusive right to and method of discovery as to any p…
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After initiation of a proceeding in which a respondent or other party is entitled to a hearing on th…
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(a) Any party claiming the party’s request for discovery pursuant to Section 11507.6 has not been co…
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(a) The agency shall consult the office, and subject to the availability of its staff, shall determi…
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The agency shall deliver or mail a notice of hearing to all parties at least 10 days prior to the he…
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On verified petition of any party, an administrative law judge or, if an administrative law judge ha…
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(a) On motion of a party or by order of an administrative law judge, the administrative law judge ma…
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(a) The administrative law judge may order the parties to attend and participate in a settlement con…
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(a) Every hearing in a contested case shall be presided over by an administrative law judge. The age…
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(a) Oral evidence shall be taken only on oath or affirmation. (b) Each party shall have these rights…
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(a) At any time 10 or more days prior to a hearing or a continued hearing, any party may mail or del…
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In reaching a decision official notice may be taken, either before or after submission of the case f…
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The agency may order amendment of the accusation or District Statement of Reduction in Force after s…
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(a) A contested case may be originally heard by the agency itself and subdivision (b) shall apply. A…
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Copies of the decision shall be delivered to the parties personally or sent to them by registered ma…
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(a) Within 15 days after service of a copy of the decision on a party, but not later than the effect…
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(a) The decision shall become effective 30 days after it is delivered or mailed to respondent unless…
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(a) A decision rendered against a licensee under Article 1 (commencing with Section 11700) of Chapte…
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(a) If the respondent either fails to file a notice of defense, or, as applicable, notice of partici…
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(a) The agency itself may order a reconsideration of all or part of the case on its own motion or on…
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A person whose license has been revoked or suspended may petition the agency for reinstatement or re…
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Judicial review may be had by filing a petition for a writ of mandate in accordance with the provisi…
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(a) The agency may grant continuances. When an administrative law judge of the Office of Administrat…
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The members of an agency qualified to vote on any question may vote by mail or another appropriate m…
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Any sums authorized to be expended under this chapter by any agency shall be a legal charge against …
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In any proceedings under this chapter any agency, agency member, secretary of an agency, hearing rep…
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(a) The administrative law judge of the Medical Quality Hearing Panel established pursuant to Sectio…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Technology Act of 2005.
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For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the cont…
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(a) There is in the Government Operations Agency, in the Department of Technology, the Office of Tec…
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The Chief of the Office of Technology Services shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, …
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The chief shall be responsible for managing the affairs of the Office of Technology Services and sha…
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The Director of Technology shall propose to the Director of Finance rates for Office of Technology S…
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(a) The Office of Technology Services may acquire, install, equip, maintain, and operate new or exis…
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(a) The Office of Technology Services shall create a link to state agency Internet Web sites at the …
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If the Legislature directs or authorizes the Department of Technology to maintain, develop, or presc…
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(a) The Technology Services Revolving Fund, hereafter known as the fund, is hereby created within th…
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(a) On or before February 1 of every year, each state agency and state entity subject to Section 115…
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(a) (1) A chief information officer appointed under Section 11546.1 shall develop a plan to leverage…
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Notwithstanding any other law, any service contract proposed to be entered into by an agency that wo…
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Notwithstanding any other law, all employees of the Department of Technology shall be designated as …
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(a) The Director of Technology shall require fingerprint images and associated information from an e…
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(a) Before July 1, 2019, and before July 1 biennially thereafter, the director of each state agency …
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(a) There is hereby established within the Government Operations Agency a consortium that shall deve…
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(a) On or before May 1, 2024, the Department of Technology, with input from relevant state agencies …
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(a) (1) The Department of Technology shall identify, assess, and prioritize high-risk, critical info…
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(a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Artificial intelligence” means an engineered or machine-based…
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(a) (1) By January 1, 2024, the Department of Technology, in consultation with the public, the Publi…
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The Department of Finance shall perform fiscal oversight of the state’s information technology proje…
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This chapter shall not apply to the State Compensation Insurance Fund, the Legislature, or the Legis…
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(a) There is in state government, in the Department of Technology, the Office of Information Securit…
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As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Chief” means the Chie…
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(a) The chief shall establish an information security program. The program responsibilities include,…
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The office shall consult with the Director of Technology, the Office of Emergency Services, the Dire…
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(a) There is hereby created, in the State and Consumer Services Agency, the Office of Privacy Protec…
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The Office of Privacy Protection shall be under the direction of a director who shall report to the …
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As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Director” means the D…
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This chapter shall not apply to the State Compensation Insurance Fund, the Legislature, or the Legis…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Commission” means the Public Uti…
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There is in state government, within the department, the Office of Broadband and Digital Literacy.
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(a) The office shall, consistent with Item 7502-062-8506 of the Budget Act of 2021, oversee the acqu…
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(a) The office has the powers and authorities necessary to implement this chapter, including, but no…
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(a) The commission, in collaboration with the third-party administrator, shall assist the office and…
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(a) (1) The construction of a statewide open-access middle-mile broadband network under design-build…
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(a) All state agencies shall work in cooperation to expedite the delivery and permitting of the stat…
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(a) In the operation of the statewide open-access middle-mile broadband network, the office may esta…
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(a) The department shall provide oversight and policy input for the statewide open-access middle-mil…
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(a) The State Middle-Mile Broadband Enterprise Fund is hereby established within the State Treasury.…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Legislature recognizes the tremendo…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Artificial intelligence” means an engineered or machine-based system t…
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(a) The Department of Technology, under the guidance of the Government Operations Agency, the Office…
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A state agency or department that utilizes GenAI to directly communicate with a person regarding gov…
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(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of ninety-one thousand fifty-four dollars ($91,054) …
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(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of eighty-five thousand four hundred two dollars ($8…
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(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of eighty-one thousand six hundred thirty-five dolla…
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(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of seventy-nine thousand one hundred twenty-two doll…
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(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of seventy-five thousand three hundred fifty-four do…
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Effective July 1, 2007, an annual salary of two hundred twenty-two thousand dollars ($222,000) shall…
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(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of seventy-one thousand five hundred eighty-seven do…
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(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of sixty-nine thousand seventy-six dollars ($69,076)…
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An annual salary of twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars ($25,500) shall be paid to each member…
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(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of twenty-five thousand one hundred eighteen dollars…
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(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of twenty-five thousand one hundred eighteen dollars…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever a member of a board, commission, committee, or …
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If the salary specified in Article 1 (commencing with Section 11550) for any particular position is …
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Notwithstanding Sections 11553, 11553.5, 11563.7, and 11564, with respect to any salary increase mad…
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If the salary specified in Article 1 (commencing with Section 11550) for any particular position is …
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If any constitutional provision prevents an increase in the salary during the term of office of a po…
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The provisions of this chapter shall not be superseded or modified by any subsequent legislation exc…
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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this chapter or of any statute specifying the salary to …
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(a) The Information Technology Innovation Council is hereby established in state government. (b) The…
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(a) (1) No later than three months from the date of the enactment of the 2000–01 Budget Act, the Dep…
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(a) The Information Technology Innovation Council shall evaluate competing project applications base…
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(a) No grant approved under this chapter may be funded sooner than 30 days after written notice is p…
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(a) The Department of Finance shall provide funding for an outside vendor to conduct an independent …
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This chapter shall not apply to the University of California, the California State University, the S…
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Funding for this chapter shall be subject to appropriations made for that purpose in the annual Budg…
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For purposes of this chapter, all of the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Emp…
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(a) (1) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, CalOSBA shall establish the California Regional Initi…
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(a) (1) A fiscal agent shall award one-time grants to employment social enterprises through a compet…
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A fiscal agent shall be eligible to be designated by the office if the office determines that the fi…
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The office shall evaluate eligible fiscal agents, as described in Section 11788.2, based upon the fo…
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(a) Upon approval of a grant award pursuant to this article, the office shall issue a notice to the …
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(a) There is in the Department of Justice the Hawkins Data Center. (b) The data center shall be unde…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Performance and Results Act of 1993.
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The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) The Legislature has an interest in improving t…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the State Government Strategic Planning and Perfor…
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The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Waste and inefficiency in state government und…
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Each agency, department, office, or commission for which strategic planning efforts are recommended …
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It is the intent of the Legislature that strategic plans developed pursuant to Section 11816 form th…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The current regulatory responsibility f…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Financial Information System for California (F…
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For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Accounting book of record” means the central accounts maintained …
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The Legislature intends that the system meet all of the following objectives: (a) Replace the state’…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, and to the extent feasible as determined by the department in con…
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(a) To serve the best interest of the state by optimizing the financial business management of the s…
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(a) In addition to the requirements set forth in the approved FISCal project documents, the system s…
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(a) On or before October 31, 2023, and annually thereafter on or before October 31, the department s…
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The department shall complete all of the following roadmap activities on or before July 1, 2032, unl…
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(a) In its independent monitoring of the system, the California State Auditor’s Office shall do, but…
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The FISCal Internal Services Fund continues in existence in the State Treasury to pay the costs of d…
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(a) The FISCal Consolidated Payment Fund is created in the State Treasury for the purpose of allowin…
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(a) The department, subject to the approval of the Department of Finance, shall establish and assess…
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(a) The department shall require fingerprint images and related information from any department empl…
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(a) There is in state government the Department of FISCal. (b) The Department of FISCal shall be wit…
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The department shall be responsible for the system functionality and shall perform all functions nec…
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The administrative costs, as defined in Section 11270, of the Department of FISCal shall be allocate…
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The Director of FISCal shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Governor, subject to…
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(a) The director shall, at least annually, confer with the partner agencies and at least one represe…
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(a) No later than July 1, 2019, the Secretary of State shall request proposals to establish a voter …
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Education Interagency Council Act.
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The California Education Interagency Council is hereby established in the Government Operations Agen…
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(a) The council’s membership shall include all of the following members, or a designee of the member…
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(a) The Office of the California Education Interagency Council is hereby established in the Governme…
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(a) The council’s first meeting shall be held on or before June 30, 2026. (b) Subsequent meetings of…
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(a) The council, with support from the managing entity, shall perform the following duties pursuant …
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(a) The managing entity shall support the council. This support shall include, but is not limited to…
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Regarding the exercise of its duties pursuant to Sections 11905 and 11906, and the professional serv…
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The Governor may appoint and fix the salaries of such assistants and other personnel as the Governor…
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The Governor shall appoint a person to represent the state in Washington, D.C. to identify revenue s…
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The person appointed by the Governor pursuant to Section 12001.5 shall furnish the Secretary of the …
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Every law of this state relating to the powers and duties of the Governor and to acts and duties to …
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The Governor shall supervise the official conduct of all executive and ministerial officers.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of statutory law, the Governor shall determine the distribution …
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(a) The purpose of this section is to increase the Governor’s managerial flexibility without increas…
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The Governor shall see that all offices are filled and their duties performed. If default occurs, th…
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(a) In the event of a vacancy in a judicial office to be filled by appointment of the Governor, or i…
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The Governor is the sole official organ of communication between the government of this State and th…
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Whenever a treaty is in force providing for the transfer of offenders between the United States and …
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(a) There is within the office of the Governor, the office of the Governor’s Tribal Advisor, which s…
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(a) The following tribal-state compacts entered in accordance with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act …
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(a) The following tribal-state gaming compacts entered into in accordance with the Indian Gaming Reg…
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The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of …
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act…
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(a) The following amendments to tribal-state gaming compacts entered into in accordance with the Ind…
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(a) The following tribal-state gaming compacts and amendments of tribal-state gaming compacts entere…
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(a) The amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the Indian Gami…
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(a) The amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the Indian Gami…
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(a) The amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the Indian Gami…
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(a) The amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the Indian Gami…
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(a) The amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the Indian Gami…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act…
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(a) The amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the Indian Gami…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Ind…
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(a) The amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Ind…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Ind…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Ind…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund called the “Indian Gaming Revenue Shari…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Ind…
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(a) The amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Ind…
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There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund called the “Indian Gaming Special Distribution …
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(a) The amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Ind…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Ind…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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For each fiscal year commencing with the 2016–17 fiscal year, all of the following shall apply: (a) …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law and notwithstanding the terms of any tribal-state gaming compact, …
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The first amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the feder…
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(a) The amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Ind…
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(a) On or before December 15, 2018, and on or before December 15 of each fiscal year thereafter, the…
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(a) The following tribal-state gaming compacts entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Ga…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Ind…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The following tribal-state gaming compacts entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Ga…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The following amendments to the tribal-state gaming compacts entered into in accordance with the…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The amendment between the State of California and the Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of Ca…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The following amendments to the tribal-state gaming compacts entered into in accordance with the…
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(a) The following tribal-state gaming compacts entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Ga…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the federal Indian Gaming Regula…
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(a) The following tribal-state gaming compacts and amended compacts entered into in accordance with …
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(a) (1) The third amendment between the State of California and the Big Sandy Rancheria of Western M…
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(a) The fourth amendment between the State of California and the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi In…
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(a) The following tribal-state gaming compacts and amended compacts entered into in accordance with …
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The memorandum of agreement entered into between the State of California and the Agua Caliente Band …
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The letter of agreement entered into between the State of California and the San Manuel Band of Miss…
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The memorandum of agreement entered into between the State of California and the Morongo Band of Mis…
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The memorandum of agreement entered into between the State of California and the Pechanga Band of Lu…
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The memorandum of agreement entered into between the State of California and the Sycuan Band of the …
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(a) The tribal-state gaming compact entered into in accordance with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act…
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(a) The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Trust Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury as …
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The Governor may direct the Attorney General to appear on behalf of the state and may employ such ad…
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The Governor may require the Attorney General or the district attorney of any county to inquire into…
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The Legislature declares it to be the purpose of this article to promote the orderly transfer of the…
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The Governor may appoint for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days after the conclusion of the Gov…
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At each session the Governor shall report to the Legislature each reprieve, pardon, and commutation …
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Except as otherwise provided by statute, the Governor may designate which single state agency shall …
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(a) The Director of e-Government in the office of the Governor shall direct the development of, and …
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Unless the context requires otherwise, for purposes of this article, the following terms shall have …
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(a) There is in the State Treasury the Tribal Nation Grant Fund for the receipt and deposit of money…
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(a) There is in state government the Tribal Nation Grant Fund Program whereby the panel is authorize…
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(a) The advisor and panel, with administrative support from the commission and in consultation with …
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(a) The staff of the commission shall provide all of the following services: (1) Assistance to the i…
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(a) All information relating to the administration of this article that describes, directly or indir…
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(a) There is in state government the Tribal Nation Grant Panel. (b) (1) The panel shall be composed …
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(a) The panel shall meet to consider grant applications at least annually. To the extent required by…
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The panel may, in its discretion, modify any deadline it established for the use of a grant.
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By applying for a grant, each eligible tribe and each individual applying on behalf of each eligible…
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On or before July 15, 2020, and annually thereafter, the commission shall prepare and post on its In…
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(a) The advisor shall provide an annual report to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Governmental…
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The activities authorized and required by this article, including, but not limited to, the administr…
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Actions taken under this article shall be consistent with the provisions of tribal-state gaming comp…
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The budget submitted by the Governor to the Legislature within the first 10 days of each regular ses…
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The budget submitted by the Governor to the Legislature within the first 10 days of each regular ses…
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The budget for the 1983–84 and 1984–85 fiscal years submitted by the Governor to the Legislature wit…
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The Governor shall annually provide to the Director of Finance an itemized statement of proposed exp…
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The Governor shall annually issue a report to the public on the expenditures for support of the Gove…
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The budget submitted by the Governor shall contain a statement on the estimated growth of property t…
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Upon full implementation of the Financial Information System for California (FISCal) Project for sta…
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The Governor shall cause the following registers to be kept: (a) All applications for pardon or for …
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The Governor shall cause accounts to be kept of: (a) All of the Governor’s official expenses and dis…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that a vast and largely untapped reservoir of talent exists a…
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(a) The Governor shall prepare and maintain an Open Central Registry of Appointive Offices, which sh…
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The Governor shall make copies of all information on the State Appointments List and updated materia…
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The State Appointments List located throughout the state shall contain the following: (a) A list of …
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All new appointments shall be posted in the State Appointments List within 20 working days after the…
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This article shall be known as the California State Government Wellness and Physical Fitness Act.
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The Legislature finds and declares that wellness and physical fitness should be the goal of every Am…
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There is in the office of the Governor a Council on Wellness and Physical Fitness, hereinafter refer…
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(a) The Governor shall designate three state agencies to participate in a pilot program to award cas…
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In case of vacancy in the office of Governor and in the office of Lieutenant Governor, the last duly…
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In case of the death, disability or other failure to take office of the Governor-elect, whether occu…
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In case of the death, disability, or other failure to take office of both the Governor-elect and the…
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As used in this article “disaster” means a war or enemy-caused calamity occurring in the State of Ca…
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As soon as practicable after the effective date of this article, and thereafter as soon as practicab…
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In the event that the office of Governor is not filled within 24 hours after disaster as provided in…
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Each Disaster Acting Governor shall, while filling the office of Governor, have the powers, perform …
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There is in the state government a Commission on the Governorship, consisting of the President pro T…
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The commission shall have exclusive authority to petition the Supreme Court to determine any questio…
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The commission shall have exclusive authority to petition the Supreme Court to decide any questions …
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The commission shall have exclusive authority to petition the Supreme Court to decide any questions …
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The President pro Tempore of the Senate shall be chairman of the commission and the Speaker of the A…
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The commission may file a petition pursuant to Sections 12071, 12072, or 12073 only if a majority of…
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The commission shall have the power of a head of a department to make investigations to determine wh…
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As used in this article: (a) “Agency” means a statewide office, nonelective officer, department, div…
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The Governor, from time to time, shall examine the organization of all agencies and shall determine …
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Whenever the Governor finds that reorganization is in the public interest, the Governor shall prepar…
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Each reorganization plan transmitted by the Governor under this article: (a) May change the name of …
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No reorganization plan shall provide for, and no reorganization under this article shall have the ef…
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Except as otherwise provided in this section, a reorganization plan submitted pursuant to this artic…
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No reorganization plan shall have the effect of limiting in any way the validity of any statute enac…
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No suit, action, or other proceeding lawfully commenced by or against the head of an agency or other…
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From the effective date of a reorganization plan, and as long as it is in effect, the operation of a…
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Each reorganization plan which takes effect shall be printed in the same volume as the acts of the s…
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The Legislative Counsel shall prepare for introduction not later than the next regular session of th…
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It is the intention of the Legislature in delegating legislative power to the Governor by this artic…
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If any provision of this act or the application thereof, except Section 12080.5, to any person or ci…
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(a) (1) Although the economic well-being of the state has progressed to a level surpassing that of a…
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Any reference in any provision of law or regulation to the State Office of Economic Opportunity or t…
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(a) The department is under the direction of an executive officer known as the Director of Community…
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The department shall have the responsibility, and is hereby vested with all necessary powers and aut…
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(a) The department shall develop and administer the Energy Efficiency Low-Income Weatherization Prog…
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(a) The department, for any appropriation to the department for the Energy Efficiency Low-Income Wea…
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By January 1, 2021, the Department of Community Services and Development shall coordinate with the C…
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The department, in coordination with relevant agencies, shall provide an assessment of the effective…
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The Department of Economic Opportunity, a separate, independent entity in state government, is hereb…
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(a) The Naturalization Services Program is hereby established, to be administered within the Departm…
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The Department of Community Services and Development shall have possession and control of all record…
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All unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds available to the Department of Economic Op…
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As used in this article, the following terms apply: (a) “Agricultural employee” has the same meaning…
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To address the state’s critical need for labor provided by agricultural employees, and the economic …
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Subject to the implementation of the program, on the third year of the renewal of the program, the G…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Economic Revitalization Act.
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For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Office” means the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Deve…
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(a) The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, also known as “GO-Biz,” is hereby es…
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The office shall serve the Governor as the lead entity for economic strategy and the marketing of Ca…
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The office shall coordinate with other relevant state and local agencies and national organizations …
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(a) (1) The office, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, the State Energy Resources C…
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(a) Each member of the Governor’s cabinet shall identify a senior manager within that member’s agenc…
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(a) The California Business Investment Services Program is hereby created within the Governor’s Offi…
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For purposes of this article, all of the following definitions apply: (a) “Applicant” means any taxp…
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(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, GO-Biz shall establish the California Competes Grant Prog…
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(a) A grant may be recaptured, in whole or in part, if the qualified grantee fails to fulfill the te…
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(a) GO-Biz shall do all of the following: (1) Negotiate with a qualified grantee the terms and condi…
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(a) The Franchise Tax Board and GO-Biz may prescribe regulations as necessary or appropriate to carr…
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This article shall be repealed on January 1, 2030.
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(a) The Permit Assistance Program is hereby created within the Governor’s Office of Business and Eco…
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(a) The director shall ensure that the office’s Internet Web site contains information on the licens…
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(a) (1) The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development is hereby authorized to develop c…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) Small businesses serve as economic engines to the C…
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The following definitions apply to this article, unless otherwise indicated: (a) “Advocate” means th…
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(a) The Small Business Advocate shall be appointed by, and shall serve at the pleasure of, the Gover…
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(a) Each agency of the state shall furnish to the advocate the reports, documents, and information t…
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In addition to other responsibilities under this article, the advocate shall do the following: (a) B…
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(a) The office shall post information on its Internet Web site to assist an individual to start a no…
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Notwithstanding any other law, effective June 30, 2014, the Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant fun…
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(a) The Made in California Program, a public and private collaboration, is hereby created within the…
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The provisions of this article shall be enforced pursuant to the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, pursu…
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(a) The Accelerate California: Inclusive Innovation Hub Program is hereby created within the office,…
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For purposes of this article, the following terms shall be defined as follows: (a) “Accelerate Calif…
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(a) The office shall issue a request for proposals for the Accelerate California: Inclusive Innovati…
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A designated Accelerate California: Inclusive Innovation Hub shall include at least one major univer…
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Before an official designation as an Accelerate California: Inclusive Innovation Hub the applicant s…
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(a) An Accelerate California: Inclusive Innovation Hub may do all of, but shall not be limited to, t…
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The Inclusive Innovation Accelerator Account is hereby created within the California Economic Develo…
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(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the office shall administer the Accelerate California Ent…
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(a) The office shall develop industry strategies for the strategic sectors identified in the Califor…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) California’s economic development o…
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This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Employee Ownership Act.
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California’s small businesses continue …
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Advocate” means the Small Busine…
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(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, CalOSBA shall establish the California Employee Ownership…
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(a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the California Foreign Investment Program. (b) F…
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(a) The office shall serve as the lead state entity for overseeing the state’s participation with th…
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Any public or private corporation authorized to establish, operate, and maintain a regional center w…
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This article shall apply only to EB-5 activities of the state relating to the EB-5 Investment Progra…
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the California Small Business Development Technical …
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Small businesses form the core of the C…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions in this section shall govern the co…
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(a) The California Small Business Technical Assistance Program is hereby created within the Californ…
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Upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature for the purpose of implementing this article, the off…
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(a) Upon approval of an award to a small business technical assistance center pursuant to this artic…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest to assist small agricultura…
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For the purposes of this article, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “Applicant” means any C…
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If the office determines that the grantee has failed to meet the criteria for a qualified small busi…
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(a) The California Small Agricultural Business Drought and Flood Relief Grant Program is hereby crea…
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The office and the Franchise Tax Board may adopt regulations to implement this article. The Administ…
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This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
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(a) The Energy Unit is hereby created within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Developm…
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(a) The Transmission Infrastructure Accelerator established pursuant to Section 12100.110 shall coor…
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(a) The accelerator shall develop a public-private partnership plan to develop financing options tha…
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Local Government Budget Sustainability Fund.
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All efforts funded under this article are intended to support and be aligned with other initiatives …
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(a) The Local Government Budget Sustainability Fund is hereby created within the Governor’s Office o…
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The office shall evaluate and prioritize grants, to the extent permissible under state and federal e…
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Eligible activities for grant funds shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a)…
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This article shall remain in effect until June 30, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.
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The Local Government Immigrant Integration Initiative is hereby created within GO-Biz.
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(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, GO-Biz shall administer competitive grants to local gover…
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(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, GO-Biz shall administer competitive grants to service pro…
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This article shall remain in effect only until June 30, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Office,” notwithstanding Section…
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(a) (1) The zero-emission vehicle division within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Dev…
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This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Civic Media Act.
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(a) The California Civic Media Program is hereby established under the administration of the office …
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(a) (1) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the California Civic Media Fund to be administ…
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This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Building and Reinforcing Inclusive, Diverse, G…
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(a) There is hereby established, within the office, the BRIDGE Project. (b) The purpose of the BRIDG…
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The Lieutenant Governor may appoint and, subject to the approval of the Director of Finance, fix the…
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(a) To assist in the discharge of the duties of the Secretary of State’s office, the Secretary of St…
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The Secretary of State shall appoint a competent person to the position of Chief of Archives. In cas…
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The Secretary of State shall keep a correct record of the official acts of the legislative and execu…
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The Secretary of State is charged with custody of: (a) The enrolled copy of the Constitution. (b) Al…
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The Secretary of State shall attend at every session of the Legislature, for the purpose of receivin…
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The Secretary of State shall keep a register and attest the official acts of the Governor and shall …
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The Secretary of State shall receive and record in proper books the official bonds of all officers w…
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The Secretary of State shall record all conveyances made to the state, except (1) evidences of title…
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The Secretary of State shall certify and declare the result of all elections upon a question submitt…
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Within 100 days after the final adjournment of each session of the Legislature, the Secretary of Sta…
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Within 60 days after the day on which a general election is held throughout the State, the Secretary…
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On demand, the Secretary of State shall furnish, to a person paying the fees therefor, a certified c…
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(a) When not inconsistent with other provisions of law, in lieu of filing or recording documents pre…
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(a) The Legislature hereby recognizes the need to adopt uniform statewide standards for the purpose …
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The Secretary of State shall file in the Secretary’s office descriptions of seals in use by the diff…
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On or before the 15th day of September in each even numbered year, the Secretary of State shall repo…
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The Secretary of State shall compile and maintain a complete list of all districts for which certifi…
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The Secretary of State shall, upon the request of the proponents of an initiative measure which is t…
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The Secretary of State shall post on the Secretary’s Internet Web site and include in the pamphlet d…
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(a) The Secretary of State is the chief elections officer of the state, and shall administer the pro…
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Beginning in the year before the federal decennial census and continuing through the completion of t…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to affirm and inform every Californian of their right and ob…
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(a) The Secretary of State’s office shall develop a program to utilize electronic communications and…
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(a) The Secretary of State shall administer, protect, develop, and interpret the Secretary of State …
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The Secretary of State shall keep a fee book. There shall be entered in the book all fees, commissio…
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(a) Commencing July 1, 1992, all fees collected by the Secretary of State’s office pursuant to the B…
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For services performed in the Secretary’s office, the Secretary of State shall charge and collect th…
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No Member of the Legislature or state officer shall be charged for a search relative to matters appe…
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(a) Except for copies of documents on file prepared pursuant to Section 12182, the fee for preparing…
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The fee for attesting each patent for land issued by the Governor is one dollar ($1) for each 160 ac…
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The fee for attesting each commission, passport, or other document signed by the Governor is ten dol…
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The Secretary of State’s office may adopt rules and regulations as necessary to carry out this artic…
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The Secretary of State’s office may refuse to perform a service or refuse a filing based on a reason…
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(a) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect fees as provided in this article and may also by…
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The Secretary of State shall establish by regulation an application, examination, and commission fee…
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The Secretary of State shall charge and collect the following fees for certification: (a) Certificat…
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(a) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect a fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) from a…
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Upon the filing of any document pursuant to any provision of the Corporations Code for which there i…
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